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Lord Armstrong gave the park, together with his Banqueting Hall, to the people of Newcastle in 1883 and the park opened to the public in the following year. [3] It is now owned by Newcastle City Council. The current Jesmond Dene House adjoining the dene was the mansion of Armstrong's business partner Andrew Noble. It is now a luxury hotel. [4]
The house, which was designed by John Dobson for Thomas Emerson Headlam, a physician and Mayor of Newcastle, was completed in 1822. [1] [a] In 1851, Dobson made substantial changes to the house for its new owner, William Cruddas. In 1871 the house was bought by Lord Armstrong's business partner Andrew Noble.
The bulk of the old village was demolished in the 1960s when the Vale was earmarked for redevelopment. Of the three pubs, only the Bluebell Inn survives. Much of the housing was replaced by Vale House, a residential tower block of 28 storeys and the second tallest building in Newcastle upon Tyne. [5]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
Ohio counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts in Ohio that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 4,000 in total. Of these, 73 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in each of Ohio's 88 counties.
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Armstrong donated the long wooded gorge of Jesmond Dene to the people of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1883, as well as Armstrong Bridge and Armstrong Park nearby. [18] He was involved in the foundation in 1871 of the College of Physical Science [ 19 ] – a forerunner of the University of Newcastle , renamed Armstrong College in 1906.
Old Armstrong Bridge, left, with the new bypass beyond. The historic Armstrong Bridge emerges into Cradlewell with Jesmond Dene to the north and Jesmond Vale to the south of the bridge. In 1993 work began on a bypass for the Cradlewell area, replacing the very steep Benton Bank as the main thoroughfare.