WALLSEND  , a municipal

borough in the Tyneside parliamentary division of Northumberland, England, on the north bank of the Tyne, 34 M . E.N.E. of Newcastle by a branch of the North-Eastern railway . Pop . (1891) 11,257; (1901) 20,918 . The church of St Peter dates from 1809 . There are remains of the church of the Holy Cross in transitional Norman style . At an early period Wallsend was famous for its coal, but the name has now a general application to coal that does not go through a sieve with meshes five-eighths of an inch in size . The colliery, which was opened in 1807, has frequently been the scene of dreadful accidents, notably on the 23rd of October 1821, when 52 lives were lost . There are ship and boat building yards, engineering works, lead and copper smelting works, cement works and brick and tile works . In the river are two pontoon docks and an immense dry dock . Wallsend was incorporated in 1901, and the corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors . Area, 1202 acres .

Wallsend derives its

modern name from its position at the eastern extremity of the Roman Hadrian's Wall; and there was a Roman fort here . It had a quay, of which remains have been discovered, and possessed a magazine of corn and other pro-visions for the supply of the stations in the interior .