Lamesley
The Angel of the North is in Lamesley C.P. in the Gateshead District.
Lamesley Location within Tyne and Wear
Area	22.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population	3,742 (United Kingdom Census 2011)
• Density	163/km2 (420/sq mi)
OS grid reference	NZ251580
Civil parish	Lamesley
Metropolitan borough	Gateshead
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GATESHEAD
Postcode district	NE11
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Blaydon
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°54′58″N 1°36′29″W / 54.916°N 1.608°W / 54.916; -1.608

Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742.^[1] The village is on the southern outskirts of Gateshead, near to Birtley. The parish includes Kibblesworth, Lamesley village, Eighton Banks and Northside, Birtley which is predominantly private housing in neighbourhoods named The Hollys, Long Bank, Northdene and Crathie. The ruined Ravensworth Castle is also in Lamesley.

A hilltop contemporary sculpture in the parish is the Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley on a minor hilltop which is lower than the adjoining Low Fell and High Fell outside the parish.

Demography

Combined, this area has a population of 3,928 people as at the 2001 census and unlike the small rise in the overall region saw a decrease to 3,742 at the following census.^[2] The Gateshead MBC ward of Lamesley had a population of 8,662 at the 2011 Census.^[3] Both the ward and civil parish are very homogenous. For instance, in the 2011 Census, the ward was 96.9% White British.

History

Evidence of a medieval village located just to the south of Haggs Lane has been documented, with ridge and furrow, field boundaries and a holloway visible as earthworks. This has been recognised as one of the best surviving medieval landscapes in the Tyne and Wear region.^[4]

The Ravensworth Arms in Lamesley is said to be where Lewis Carroll wrote parts of Alice in Wonderland.^{[citation needed]}