Latest news and updates from the Newcastle History category.
The inspiring story of Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper's daughter who braved a storm to help rescue shipwreck survivors and became a national heroine.
Newcastle upon Tyne is remembered around the world for its engineering, coal trade and shipbuilding ...
The romantic story of Bessie Surtees, the merchant's daughter who eloped by night from her father's house on Newcastle's Quayside to marry the man she loved.
The poignant story of the Earl of Derwentwater, the young Northumberland nobleman who gave his estates, his freedom and his life to the doomed Jacobite cause.
The story of the Prince Bishops of Durham, who held near-regal powers, raised armies, minted coins and ruled their great territory as kings in all but name.
The story of Arbeia, the Roman fort at South Shields that served as a great supply base for the garrison of the northern frontier nearly two thousand years ago.
The story of the Battle of Flodden, one of the largest and most terrible battles between England and Scotland, fought in the Northumberland country in 1513.
The history of the Newcastle School of Medicine, established in the 1830s, which has trained generations of doctors and become a leading centre of teaching.
Thousands of people walk through Newcastle and South Shields every day without realising that some s...
For generations, ships arriving on the River Tyne connected the North East to almost every corner of...
The proud and moving story of the Jarrow March, the dignified protest against unemployment and poverty in the 1930s that captured the conscience of the nation.
The curving iron roof of Newcastle Central Station was an engineering first, and the architect behind it shaped more of the city than almost anyone.
An explosion on the Gateshead riverside in October 1854 devastated both banks of the Tyne, killed dozens and reshaped the Quayside permanently.
Newcastle has been educating children in formal institutions for five centuries, and several of the schools founded in that time are still teaching.
Newcastle has sent members to Parliament for well over seven centuries, and the shape of its seats has changed almost as often as its politics.
Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant moments in British history. On 1 August 1...
For half a century, Newcastle ran one of the largest tram networks outside London, then dismantled it entirely within a few years.
Just a short walk from St James' Park sits one of Newcastle's best-loved neighbourhood pubs, but man...
Newcastle's first public park was created after three thousand working men petitioned the council for somewhere to breathe.
