 Spital Tongues' rural feel was further enhanced by the presence of an orchard on the site now occupied by Burnside and Wallace Street, and by the grazing of cattle on the Town Moor – a practice that continues to this day.A key shift in the life and character of Spital Tongues took place with the opening of Spital Tongues Colliery in 1836.Basic housing for pit workers housing was constructed in Long Row, behind Morpeth Street, and demolished a century later.