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Description: | This view of 1702 shows the estate of Sir William Blackett, which he bought in 1675. The gardens show the geometric style popular in the 17th century. The Blackett family made their money through coal and lead mining. Richard Grainger developed this area in the early 19th century to create a new commercial centre for Newcastle. Grainger built Blackett Street in 1824 just outside and alongside the city walls on the right of this view. Grey Street was built between 1834 and 1837 from left to right across the estate. The ancient road of Pilgrim Street runs across the bottom of the print. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East North East personalities men Newcastle coal mining people | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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