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The old town hall also served as a magistrates' court and a police station. [5] In 1892 an ornamental clock (By Gillett & Johnston ), which is Grade II listed and stands in front of the town hall, [ 8 ] was presented to Gateshead by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. [ 5 ]
There are 75 Grade I listed buildings in Tyne and Wear, England.. In England and Wales the authority for listing is granted by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is administered by English Heritage, an agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The Gateshead and District Tramways commenced services on 22 October 1883 with steam-hauled tramcars operating on three routes centred on Gateshead High Street. In 1897, British Electric Traction took ownership of the company [2] and the Gateshead and District Tramways Act of 1899 authorised the modernisation and electrification of the system.
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Preserved Northern General Transport Company BMMO-built SOS QL single-decker built in 1928 Preserved MCW Metrobus in May 2009. It originated in the early 1900s when Gateshead and District Tramways asked Parliament's permission to extend their Tramway, which finished at Low Fell, to Chester-le-Street.
Old Market is a Conservation Area of national significance, to the east of the city centre in Bristol, England. [1] Old Market Street and West Street form the central axis of the area, which is approximately bounded by New Street and Lawfords Gate to the north, Trinity Road and Trinity Street to the east, Unity Street and Waterloo Road to the south and Temple Way Underpass to the west.
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A trow was a flat-bottomed barge, and Llandogo is a village 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Bristol, across the Severn Estuary and upstream on the River Wye in South Wales, where trows were once built. Trows historically sailed to trade in Bristol from Llandogo. The pub was named by Captain Hawkins, a sailor who lived in Llandogo and ran the pub ...