pendower history

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Across
  1. 5. bird used down coalmines to detect dangerous gases (6)
  2. 8. school in Pendower, named after a Roman Emperor(7)
  3. 9. pit that used to be between Sunnybank Avenue and Condercum Road (9)
  4. 11. name of pub at Benwell Towers in 1970s (5)
  5. 12. local Dairy farmer who gave his name to the road that you meet at the top of Pendower Way(8)
  6. 13. large park south of Benwell Lane (7)
  7. 14. one of the two pubs that used to be in Old Benwell Village (5,4)
Down
  1. 1. can we go hunting in this Pendower street? (3,3,6)
  2. 2. Pendower Estate was built on the site of a Roman settlement attached to a fort on the Roman Wall - what was the name of the fort? (9)
  3. 3. the other pub in Old Benwell Village - another tree (8)
  4. 4. name of the huge engineering factory that used be on the riverside at Elswick (6)
  5. 6. the old Benwell library closed in 2010 - can you remember what road it was on? (8)
  6. 7. village that used to be on the Scotswood Road south of Pendower; features in The Blaydon Races (8)
  7. 10. name of favourite Northumbrian saint; also name of school at top of Pendower Way (8)