GATESHEAD-FELL, a parish in the eastern division of CHESTER ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 3 miles (s.) from Newcastle. The population is returned with Gateshead. It formerly constituted a part of the parish of Gateshead, from which it was separated in pursuance of an act of parliament passed in 1808. The living is a rectory not in charge, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. The church, dedicated to St. John, was commenced in May 1824, and consecrated August 30th, 1825, having been erected at the expense of £2742, towards which the Society for building new churches contributed £350: it contains one thousand sittings, five hundred of which are free. Here are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. The quarries of the Fell are famous for producing excellent grind-stones; and there are numerous coal mines. Notwithstanding their division, the parishes of Gateshead and Gateshead-Fell constitute one constablewick as before, and the inhabitants of both contribute jointly towards the maintenance of the poor, the management of whom since 1821 has been entrusted to a select vestry. In 1068, William the Conqueror here gained a victory over Malcolm II., King of Scotland, who had invaded the kingdom in support of Edgar Atheling.