Description
Byker, a township and an ecclesiastical parish, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Tyne, near the line of the Roman wall, 1 1/2 mile E of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acreage, 879 ; population, 32,332. See NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
