COXLODGE, a township in that part of the parish
of GOSFORTH which is in the western division of CASTLE
ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 2$ miles (N.) from
Newcastle, containing 633 inhabitants. A place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists and a Sunday school were
built in 1819. There are several collieries in the township.
In 1800, the grand stand for the Newcastle racecourse
was erected here, near which is a reservoir for
the supply of that town with water, which is raised by
a windmill pump.