FIRST NEW TOWN VILLAGE

( Donwell )

[ The text was cropped before I got my hands on this press cutting! ]

Donwell Village Show Houses - 1968
[ Thanks to Adrian Lupton, resident in Donwell Village since 1968. ]

The Village Hall is located behind The Wessington Pub.

Prime Minister Harold Wilson visiting Donwell Village in 1970.

Future location of Donwell Village
Wellbank Road leading to Well Bank in the distance.
On the horizon:  Holy Trinity Church (far left) - The Tithe Barn (left of centre).

Viewed from Wellbank Road.
The Fields where Donwell Village was built.
Usworth Holy Trinity Church is off-picture, right horizon.

Same Fields.  Viewed from Peareth Hall Road, just West of Usworth Holy Trinity.
Note Washington 'F' Colliery and Penshaw Monument (top-right-corner).

New Town Villages & Industrial Estates