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.
In 1904 wine merchant Alexander Laing gave Newcastle a grand free art gallery, trusting the people of the city to fill it with art. Today the Laing holds a collection of national importance.
The history of Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, from its eighteenth-century origins as a charitable infirmary to the hospital that serves the region today.
From Victorian hospitals to forgotten factories, the North East is home to some of Britain's most in...
For most people across the North East, July 4 is simply another summer's day. Across the Atlantic, h...
For centuries, the death penalty formed one of the harshest parts of Britain's criminal justice syst...
Horse racing has thrilled Newcastle for centuries, and the Northumberland Plate, the famous Pitmen's Derby run at Gosforth Park, remains its great showpiece. The story of the city's racing tradition.
Newcastle is known around the world for its rich industrial past, striking Victorian architecture an...
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.
