Wickham Council was incorporated on 27th February 1871.

Wickham Council Chambers. 24 May 1916. University of Newcastle Cultural Collections.

Wickham Council Chambers. Newcastle Morning Herald, 21 May 1938.

The council building in March 2016.

One of the things that spurred me on to putting together these pages on council buildings, is that I work in Wickham, and every day when I enter and exit my workplace I see the council chambers poking above the Wickham rooftops.

Wickham Council Chambers, poking above the rooftops.