Latest news and updates from the Newcastle History category.
A look at the press gang on Tyneside, the dreaded naval impressment that seized seafaring men by force, and the hardship it caused families.
Sunderland-born chemist Joseph Swan invented the practical incandescent light bulb on Tyneside, making Newcastle the home of a string of electric world firsts, including the first street ever lit by electric light.
For centuries Tyneside was one of the world's great glassmaking centres, from exquisite Beilby enamelled glass to the towering Lemington cone and Sowerby's vast pressed-glass works. A glittering, often forgotten industry.
The story of Charles Avison, the Newcastle composer, organist and writer on music who was one of the foremost English composers of the eighteenth century.
For six months in 1929, over four million people flocked to Exhibition Park for the North East Coast Exhibition, a dazzling showcase of the region's industry, art and ambition. Here is the story.
Ralph Erskine's Byker Wall is one of the most celebrated pieces of modern social housing in Britain, a colourful, curving landmark built with its community and now protected as a listed building.
Beneath Newcastle runs the Victoria Tunnel, a Victorian coal waggonway turned wartime air-raid shelter. Discover the remarkable hidden history under the city streets.
Newcastle's Chinatown on Stowell Street, with its restaurants, supermarkets and magnificent ornamental archway, is one of the city's most vibrant corners. Here is the story of the community at its heart.
From the dramatic 1909 Battle of Newcastle to the courage of Kathleen Brown and Emily Wilding Davison, the North East played a spirited part in the long fight to win votes for women.
In 1650 a paid Scottish witchfinder helped condemn sixteen people who were hanged on Newcastle's Town Moor, in one of the largest witch executions in English history. A dark and sobering chapter in the city's past.
A guide to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North in County Durham, where costumed staff bring the region's past vividly to life.
The keelmen carried Tyneside's coal in their flat-bottomed boats, forming a fiercely proud riverside community in Sandgate, and even built their own hospital in 1701. The story of a vanished but unforgettable trade.
From the Royal Arcade to old cinemas, theatres and vanished streets, a look back at the lost landmarks and demolished buildings of Newcastle's past.
Charles Parsons' Tyne-built Turbinia became the fastest ship in the world and famously gatecrashed a royal naval review in 1897, changing shipping forever. Today she is preserved in a Newcastle museum.
The Town Moor is one of Britain's great urban commons, grazed by the Freemen's cattle and home each June to the Hoppings, one of Europe's largest travelling funfairs. Here is the story of Newcastle's great green heart.
One of Newcastle's most recognisable landmarks is celebrating a major milestone this week, but the a...
For centuries, Newcastle's River Tyne has been the lifeblood of the city. Stretching around 73 miles...
Newcastle upon Tyne is renowned for its industrial heritage, iconic bridges and vibrant cultural sce...
On June 6, 1944, thousands of young men stepped into history as Allied forces launched the Normandy ...
