This northernmost city in England was founded in Roman times. Newcastle became an industrial city in the 19th c. known for shipbuilding and coalmining. People living in the city were badly hit by unemployment when these industries were closed in the second half of the 20th c.
Bottom left: Chinatown Arch and St. James' Park.
Middle: Grey's Monument (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey: British Whig statesman and Prime Minister, 1764-1845)
Bottom right: Bessie Surtees House, The buildings are a fine and rare example of Jacobean domestic architecture (16th c.)
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