a village of England, county of Northumberland, between Newcastle and North Shields, about 3½ miles E. of the former. It is so named from its position at the termination of the Roman wall built by the Emperor Severus, and is noted for the excellence of its coal, which abounds in the vicinity. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the collieries, but partly also in the shipbuilding yards, limeworks, and potteries about the village. It has a neat parish church, and several dissenting places of worship. Pop. 2161.