[1] According to local tradition, some time shortly after the Norman conquest there occurred in the valley of the Ouse an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

During a period in which the shrine was in need of repair it was endowed with indulgences by a rescript or edict of Pope Martin V on certain feasts of the liturgical year.

The greater part of the history of the shrine, its origins and the miracles which were said to have occurred there, were lost in the 16th century when the chapel was suppressed in the Reformation and fell into ruin.

A booklet outlining the surviving history of the chapel may be obtained from the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Name on North Jesmond Avenue.

One acre (0.40 hectares) of the land including previous stables were sold as a private property, now owned by relatives of Arthur Sutherland.

[10][11] - The industrialist William Armstrong,[12] - The golfer Lee Westwood,[13] - Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein,[14] - Actor James Scott - English Rugby Union player Mathew Tait - Footballers Shola Ameobi, Kevin Nolan and Jonás Gutiérrez - Journalist and broadcaster Nancy Spain,[15] - Concert pianist Denis Matthews - Writer Catherine Cookson,[16] - Writer and poet Michael Roberts - Singers Bryan Ferry[17] and Sting, - Countertenor James Bowman - TV/Radio broadcaster Bill Steel - Songwriter and record producer Steve Hillier,[18] - Novelists Eva Ibbotson,[19] - Yevgeny Zamyatin,[20] and Denis MacEoin (aka Daniel Easterman and Jonathan Aycliffe).

[28] The La Sagesse School in Jesmond (now closed and converted into housing) was used as a set for The Dumping Ground (2013–), a spin-off of the popular children's television series Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012), starring Dani Harmer.

Trains travel southbound to Sunderland or South Shields via city centre and Gateshead and northbound to the airport via Kingston Park, or to Whitley Bay.

Due to a rising population of students and young professionals, Osborne Road has in recent years become a popular venue for nightlife, eating and socialising.