Walker district?

Question

how did the walker district in newcastle-on-tyne get its name

Answer 1

I contacted a library in Newcastle  for you this afternoon and I was informed by a lady that the district, gets it's name from the Colliery that was there, I found this for you .

http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/Walk...

If you open this link and scroll down the page you will find quite a lot of text about Walker.

http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/northumb...

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Taken from Wikipedia:

"Walker is a residential suburb and electoral ward just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Walker's name is a hybrid of Old English and Viking Norse, "Wall-kjerr", where "kjerr" is Norse for "marshy woodland". The name therefore means "marshy woodland by the wall", where the wall in question is of course Hadrian's Wall."