Parish Notes
GOSFORTH

Properties used by War Department in the Great War
War Office Lands and Buildings Reconstruction Committee List of Lands and Buildings in the occupation of the War Department 1st June 1918. Northern Command.

Properties marked with an asterisk were either owned by or leaded by the War Department prior to the commencement of the war. All other properties have been taken over since 4th August 1914.

Accommodation of troops: All Saints Parish Hall; Bungalow; High Gosforth Park Farm (Hutment); Ladies Golf Pavilion; Masonic Hall (Part of); P.C. Hall, West Avenue; St.Charles R.C. Church Hall.
Accommodation of Horses:Black’s Stables
Aerodrome: (Aerodrome)
Mechanical transport: Dodd’s Garage (Motor Storage)
Stores: 2 Ivy Road (Stable and Yard)
Training Grounds: High Gosforth Park; Northumberland Golf Club
Various: Grange Farm, enclosure (Accommodation for three engines &c.)

For an account of the airfield at Gosforth, read (under Newcastle): Action Stations: 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland. David J. Smith; 1983; Patrick Stephens; ISBN 0 85059 563 0