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1208 - First chronicle of a town in the Blyth Town area. 1236 - The town of Blyth is referred to as ‘Blithmuth’. 1250 – The town is now referred to under the slightly altered name of ‘Blithemuth’. If the name had persisted as it had in the case of Tynemouth, Bournemouth and the many other river mouth named towns of the UK, Blyth would ...
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Blyth, Northumberland. Blyth (/ ˈblaɪð /) is a port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth. It has a population of 39,731 as of the 2021 census, up 6% from the 2011 census and population of 37,347.
Blyth Carnvial in 1925. In 1925, Blyth’s Fancy Dress Parade raised money for the Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital. Dr Gilbert Ward had been born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1805. He was in medical training with Dr Andrew Trotter in North Shields in 1832, when a cholera outbreak hit Blyth. The young doctor came to help, and became a local doctor ...
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The port is the foundation of Blyth and continues top bring business here, for while the cargoes have changed over the ages, the docks keep working. The town was seriously affected when its principal industries went into decline, but it has reinvented its role as required and has undergone much regeneration since the early 1990s. The Keel Row Shopp...
The place-name 'Blyth' is first attested in 1130 as 'Blida', and takes its name from the river Blyth. The river-name comes from the Old English adjective 'bliþe' meaning, as it does today, 'gentle' or 'merry'. The town of Blyth itself is referred to as 'Blithmuth' in 1236 and 'Blithemuth' in 1250.
Little is known of the early development of the Blyth area. The oldest archaeological find is an antler hammer dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age period, which was found at Newsham in 1979.Human skulls, a spearhead and a sword dating from the Bronze Age were found in the river in 1890, as well as a bronze axe which was found at Sout...
The main approach road to Blyth is the A189 "spine road" which is accessible from the A1 by way of the A19. The A193 through Blyth and leads to Bedlington to the west and North Tyneside to the south. The other main route into Blyth is the A1061. Blyth currently has no passenger rail links. Blyth railway station was closed on 2 November 1964by the B...
Industry and commerce
With the running down of the coal mining and shipbuilding industries, Blyth largely exists today as a dormitory town in the commuter belt serving Newcastle and North Tyneside. However, its port still remains a major industry in the area, handling over 1.5 million tonnes of cargo annually. Its main trades are paper, pulp and timber, unitised cargo (containers and Roll-on/roll-off) and the import of materials used in the manufacture of aluminium. It also handles the import of a variety of stone...
Renewable Energy
Several renewable energy projects have been established in Blyth. In 1992, Blyth Harbour Wind Farm was constructed along Blyth's East Pier. Consisting of nine wind turbines and with a maximum capacity of 2.7 megawatts, it can provide enough electricity for over 1,500 homes.It was joined in December 2000 by Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, which is composed of two turbines half a mile out to sea. At 2 megawatts each, they were, when installed, the largest in the world. The New and Renewable Energy Ce...
Events and venues
1. The Blyth Town Summer Fair takes place each July in and around the market place and hosts many attractions, such as music performances, arts and crafts exhibitions, fairground rides and children's entertainment. 2. The Blyth Town Christmas Fayre is also held in the market place and features a similar range of family entertainment. 3. The Phoenix Theatre close to the town centre is an intimate, 299 seat theatre. It presents a regular programme of professional performing arts to the local co...
Ridley Park was created on land handed over by Viscount Matthew White Ridley and was opened on 27 July 1904.Itnow has a children’s play area and other facilities. The Quayside is a stretch of the riverfront that was once a centre of Blyth's industry, where coal would be loaded from trains onto ships for export, but having undergone major redevelopm...
The "Spirit of the Staithes" sculpture on Blyth's Quayside was unveiled by Princess Anne on 28 May 2003. As part of the overall regeneration of the Quayside, it was commissioned by the council in conjunction with Northern Arts and created by the artist Simon Packard. Standing 50 feet high and 22 feet wide, it is meant to represents the heritage of ...
Tide times for Blythe from the BBC and EasytidePrinted sources and further reading
1. Balmer, Bob (2002) [1997]. Images of England: Blyth (3rd edition ed.). Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-0773-9. 2. Balmer, Bob; Smith, Gordon. Images of England: Blyth volume II. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-3349-3.
Once one of England's busiest ports there is lots to know. 1. The name ‘Blyth’ comes from the old English word ‘blithe’ meaning ‘gentle’ or ‘merry’. 2. It was the coal mining and ship building industries that helped Blyth to prosper. Though the salt trade, fishing and railways also played an essential role.
Jul 29, 2024 · Blyth (/ ˈblaɪð /) is a port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth. It has a population of 39,731 as of the 2021 census, up 6% from the 2011 census and population of 37,347. The port of Blyth dates from the 12th century, but the development of ...
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Within twenty miles of Newcastle, the resort of Blyth sits beside the estuary of the River Blyth, a short distance from where the water meets with the sea. It is an attractive old place, with a long seafaring history, the port of Blyth is believed to date back to the 12th-century but it did not become important until the 18th-century, when coal began to be shipped from the quay.
