| Hospitals of Newcastle | |
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The Fleming Memorial Hospital The late nineteenth century was a crucial time for hospital development in the region. The Hospital for Sick Children, which opened in Hanover Square in 1863, was an early example of specialist care for children. In 1886 John Fleming, a local solicit.. |
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St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalene The Hospital of St Mary the Virgin was founded in Norman times 'to serve God and the poor'. Medieval hospitals were concerned with the general care of the patient. They were run by charities, particularly religious organisations, and combined the fun.. |
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Forth Banks Infirmary The Infirmary opened on Forth Banks in 1752 'for the sick and lame poor of the counties of Newcastle, Durham and Northumberland'. It was a sign of the growing desire to take practical steps to improve the welfare of the poor. The hospital was built b.. |
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The House of Recovery In the nineteenth century, people were increasingly living in crowded slum dwellings which tended to breed disease. New hospitals were developed to help counteract the diseases of the poor. In 1804 the Fever Hospital was set up outside the town walls.. |
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Lying-in Hospital Various small private hospitals were set up in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In spite of these new buildings the majority of people were still treated at home. Thomas Giordiani Wright, a doctor who worked in Newcastle in the 1820s, ra.. |
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Newcastle Eye Infirmary At the beginning of the nineteenth century, specialist hospitals such as the Newcastle Eye Infirmary and the Lock Hospital were opened. The Eye Infirmary was built in 1822 by two surgeons. Unlike the Forth Banks Infirmary, patients were given free tr.. |
| Shopping in Newcastle upon Tyne | |
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The Royal Arcade The Royal Arcade was designed by John Dobson for the developer Richard Grainger and was based on the fashionable Lowther Arcade in London (designed by Witherdon Young) which had opened in 1830. Grainger had first offered the site on Pilgrim Street to.. |
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Markets - Mediaeval to Modern Markets have been held in Newcastle for at least 900 years. Street and building names in today's city centre remind us of the various markets over the centuries, present and past: Grainger Market, Bigg Market, Groat Market, Cloth Market, Milk Market,.. |
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Department stores - Bainbridge's Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge (1817 - 1892) opened his first shop in 1838, when he was only twenty-one years old, in partnership with William Alder Dunn. They sold drapery (cloth), laces and ribbons. It was one of the first shops to display labels with.. |
