a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, county of Durham, on the right bank of the Tyne, opposite Newcastle, with which it is connected by a handsome stone bridge, as well as by a magnificent bridge of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick railway. The town consists of two principal and nearly parallel streets, from which others diverge in various directions. The parish church is an ancient cruciform edifice surmounted by a lofty tower. Besides the parish church there are St John's Church, Gateshead Fell, St Cuthbert's Church, St Edmund's Chapel, and places of worship for Presbyterians, Independents, Methodists, Roman Catholics, &c. Gateshead has extensive glass manufactories, iron and soap works, brick and tile works, rope-works, &c. There are numerous coal mines in the vicinity. At Gateshead Fell are large quarries for grindstones, which are much esteemed, and exported to all parts of the world. Gateshead is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors, and returns one member to parliament. Pop. (1851) 25,568.