page_title: Monkseaton
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Monkseaton / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton (1970) A photo of the Monkseaton Arms in Monkseaton, taken in 1970. Shows my Grandfather John William (Billy) Potts, a regular patron of said establishment! Partial remains of the (very) old brewery can be seen behind the pub.
context_page_description: Monkseaton is a village absorbed into Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the North East of England. Historically in Northumberland, it is in the north-east of the borough, ³⁄₄ mile from the North Sea coast and 1 ¹⁄₂ miles north of the River Tyne at North Shields. A mile to the north of Monkseaton, the extensive built-up areas of North Tyneside change abruptly into green belt stretching north into south-east Northumberland. The village is at an elevation of 130 feet above sea-level.
context_section_description: Monkseaton pre-dates the Tyneside coastal resort of Whitley Bay, originally recorded as land owned by the Priory of Tynemouth. The first documentary references to Monkseaton medieval village date from the early 12th century (c.1106–16) when Henry I granted Seton, later to be renamed Monkseaton, to Tynemouth Priory. It was a substantial village in the late 13th century, when Monkseaton Manor was one of ten manors of Tynemouth Priory, with fifteen bondsmen, ten cotmen and three freeholds listed in 1292.
  The remains of a medieval brewery wall are still to be seen alongside the Monkseaton Arms public house.
  In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1872, the population was recorded as 421 in 80 houses; this gave the village an area of 1,110 acres. It was described as having a large brewery and several collieries.
  Although Monkseaton has been subsumed in the urban developments of the 20th century, it still retains much of the character of the village it once was.
  On 30 April 1989, one person was killed and 14 others injured in a mass shooting.
  On 28 June 2012, the village suffered flash flooding following torrential rainfall in the North East of England. Roads were closed causing traffic chaos, and many properties and buildings were flooded, including Langley First School which was closed for three weeks. The heavy rainfall made an embankment on the Tyne and Wear Metro line collapse, causing houses in Brantwood Avenue to be evacuated and West Monkseaton Metro station to be temporarily closed. Many residents suffered significant flood damage to their homes and possessions.
caption: A photo of the Monkseaton Arms, a pub in Monkseaton, taken in 1970.
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