Jesmond, Burdon Terrace, No. 20, home of Thomas Burt

HER Number:
13292

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Burdon Terrace, No. 20, home of Thomas Burt

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
20 Burdon Terrace. Thomas Burt 1837 - 1922. Northumberland Miners' leader 1865 - 1913, M.P. for Morpeth 1874 - 1918, the first working class M.P. lived in this house from 1892 to his death.

Easting:
2508

Northing:
6580

Grid Reference:
NZ25086580

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ben Smith, 2010, Newcastle Commemorative Plaques (unpublished Word document); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burt; Thomas Burt, 1924, An Autobiography; Satre, Lowell J, 1999, Thomas Burt, Miners' M.P. The Great Conciliator