Matfen, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE20 0EH

Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th‑century settlement. The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company supplied drinking water to the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in the north east of England, from 1845 until 1974. It was initially called the Whittle Dean Water Company, but changed its name in 1863, and gradually increased the area which it supplied. It merged with the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company in 1992 to form North East Water, which was merged into Northumbrian Water in 1995.