Editing Fenham (section)

===Modern developments===
[[File:Church of St James and St Basil, Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.jpg|thumb|The Church of St James and St Basil on Fenham Hall Drive]]
In 1895 Benwell and Fenham Urban District was created; in 1904 the area was incorporated into Newcastle upon Tyne.

Fenham did not become a residential area until the 20th century. Housing was built on a large scale when tram lines were extended from Central Station via Barrack Road.  Further expansion was facilitated by the development of trolley buses and bus links to Westerhope.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fenham.newcastle.gov.uk/|title=Your Details - for your ward|work=newcastle.gov.uk|access-date=12 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421032208/http://fenham.newcastle.gov.uk/|archive-date=21 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Fenham Estates Company undertook residential development and by 1914 both sides Of Fenham Hall Drive had been built up; building continued in Wingrove Avenue, Wingrove Road and Wingrove Gardens up to 1920. The majority of house building up to 1940 was by private builders. City corporation building occurred after 1920 when there was a sale of Blackett-Ord lands and funding became available to purchase and develop areas around Silver Lonnen.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fenham, Spital Tongues and Cowgate: Miscellaneous Articles|last=Newcastle City Council City Libraries|publisher=Newcastle City Council City Libraries: Local Studies reference L942.82 N537F|url=https://libraries.newcastle.gov.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=248453&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20L942.82%20N537F|pages=7–8}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

During the 1930s, a period of significant residential development and expansion, two churches opened in Fenham: the [[Arts & Crafts]] Church of St James and St Basil (architect: E. E. Lofting) was consecrated on 6 June 1931, having been funded by [[Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet|Sir James Knott]] in memory of his sons, James and Basil, killed in the [[First World War]];<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.jamesbasilfenham.org.uk/about-us/history/|website=St James and St Basil|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref> the [[Modern architecture|modernist]] Holy Cross Church (architect: Henry Hicks) was consecrated on [[Holy Cross Day]] 1936, having been funded by local landowner John Reginald [[Blackett-Ord]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.fenhamholycrosschurch.co.uk/history.html|website=Holy Cross Fenham|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802082829/http://www.fenhamholycrosschurch.co.uk/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>