National Gazetteer (1868) - Newcastle upon Tyne, All Saints

"BYKER, a township in the parish of Newcastle-upon-Tyne All Saints, Castle ward, in the county of Northumberland, 2 miles from Newcastle. It is situated on the N. bank of the Tyne, and is included within the borough. It contains several manufactories of glass, pottery, &c. The inhabitants are also employed in working the coalmines and the stone-quarries of the vicinity. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £130, in the patronage of the crown and the bishop. There is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists."

"HEATON, a township in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne All Saints, E. division of Castle ward, county Northumberland, 1¾ mile N.E. of Newcastle. It is a station on the North-Eastern railway, and forms part of the suburbs of Newcastle. It has an old house called King John's Palace, and belonged to Robert de Gaugy and the Babingtons. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the coal mines. The Newcastle and North Shields railway passes through the township, by means of a deep cutting nearly a mile in length."