Withers Street
Named after Henry Withers a shareholder and manager of West Wallsend Coal Company Ltd. Withers Street had been previously called Government Road (Source: "Early West Wallsend" by T.G. Reynolds). It was part of Caledonian Coal Company subdivision in 1900. In Withers Street, there is an old drinking trough for horses still in place.
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