Wylam
Wylam is a village in the county of Northumberland. It lies about 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is popular for the being the birth place of George Stephenson, among the early railway pioneers. George Stephenson's Birth place, his home, can be discovered on the north bank of the Tyne 3/4 mile (1.2 kilometres) eastern of the town centre. It is had by the National Trust but is closed to the public. Wylam has even more links with the early train leaders. The steam locomotive designer Timothy Hackworth, who collaborated with Stephenson, was additionally born below. William Hedley that was birthed in the nearby village of Newburn participated in the town college. He later on took place to make and make Puffing Billy in 1813, 2 years before George Stephenson created his initial engine Blücher. Christopher Blackett as lord of the chateau in the initial three decades of the 19th century gave the entrepreneurial drive that encouraged these designers.
