Earsdon Front Street with The Cannon public house

Earsdon is a village in Tyne and Wear, England, on the border with Northumberland, approximately two miles from Whitley Bay. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England At one time, the village contained three public houses for its tiny population; it now contains only two public houses and two churches. The graveyard of St Alban's church is home to a memorial to those lost at the nearby New Hartley pit disaster. Saint Alban was the first British Christian Martyr. Along with his fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three martyrs remembered New Hartley is a village in South East Northumberland, England, adjacent to Hartley, Seaton Delaval and Seaton Sluice. The children's television series Supergran was filmed in part in the village. Supergran is a Children's television Programme, about a Grandmother with super powers played by Gudrun Ure.

Church of St Alban's in Earsdon

Earsdon was an urban district from 1894 to 1935, consisting of the four parishes of Earsdon, Backworth, Holywell, and Murton. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area Backworth is a small Town in North Tyneside, about 3½ miles west of Whitley Bay on the North East coast of England. It was then split three ways between Seaton Valley, Tynemouth, and Whitley and Monkseaton, with Seaton Valley taking the bulk of the population of both the district and Earsdon parish. Seaton Valley was an Urban district in Northumberland, England, from 1935 to 1974, when it was split between the districts of This article concerns itself with the village For the Parliament constituency of the same name see Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency Tynemouth Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England

Monument to Hartley Pit Disaster in St Alban's churchyard