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Image Title / subject Location and coordinates Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes More images: Jackie Milburn: South-east corner of St. James' Park: 1991: Susanna Robinson — Bronze statue — The statue was located elsewhere prior to 2012. [24] More images: Bobby Robson: South-west corner of St. James' Park: 2012 ...
The Biscuit Factory is a Contemporary art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Gallery opened in 2002 after undergoing major renovation work. It is the largest commercial art, craft & design gallery in the UK. [1] The gallery's home is a former Victorian warehouse, constructed in 1870. [2]
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
The plague visited Newcastle four times during the 16th century, in 1579 when 2,000 people died, [23] in 1589 when 1700 died, in 1595 and finally in 1597. [24] In 1600 Elizabeth I granted Newcastle a charter for an exclusive body of electors, the right to elect the mayor and burgesses. The charter also gave the Hostmen exclusive rights to load ...
The Hatton Gallery is also a part of the Great North Museum Project, but is not relocating to the Hancock, and is remaining in Newcastle University's Fine Art Building. In September 2008, the Great North Museum searched for a lookalike of the Emperor Hadrian , for a photo shoot, whose likeness would feature in a permanent display at the Hancock ...
The painting is now known in some quarters as Hells Kitchen, (an alternative name for "Newcastle Worthies", "Newcastle Props" or "Newcastle Eccentrics"), which was the room in which the group were positioned, a room in The Flying Horse, a “down market” drinking house. The property in the Groat Market, Newcastle, has since gone through ...
Tyne and Wear (/ ˌ t aɪ n ... ˈ w ɪər /) is a ceremonial county in North East England.It borders Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south, and the largest settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
A monument to Earl Grey was first proposed by the Newcastle-based architect, John Green, in 1832. Green envisaged a statue in Northumberland Square, North Shields, depicting Grey in parliamentary robes, holding the Magna Carta. He sought public subscriptions for his scheme in the Newcastle Chronicle on 16 June 1832: [1]