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    This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom. Newcastle had elected a mayor annually since...
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    Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/njuːˈkæsəl/ new-KASS-əl, RP: /ˈnjuːkɑːsəl/ NEW-kah-səl), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear...
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    The history of Newcastle upon Tyne dates back almost 2,000 years, during which it has been controlled by the Romans, the Angles and the Norsemen amongst...
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    Blackfriars is a restored Grade I listed 13th-century priory in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, located in the city centre, close to the...
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  • This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Rudolf Abel – Soviet spy David Martin Abrahams – entrepreneur...
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    Walker is a residential suburb and electoral ward in the south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The place-name 'Walker' is first attested in 1242, where...
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    Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. Newcastle...
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    (RGS), Newcastle upon Tyne, is a selective private day school for pupils aged between 7 and 18 years. Founded in 1525 by Thomas Horsley, the Mayor of Newcastle...
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    The Guildhall is an important civic building in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is a Grade I listed building. The original guildhall, which was commissioned by...
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    Incorporated Company of Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne, often called the Hostmen's Company of Newcastle, is a company incorporated by royal charter of 22 March 1599/1600...
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    ago) (1996) as a title held additionally by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne. The city has a sheriff because it was historically a county...
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  • represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, twice as Mayor and as MP in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1679. Anderson was the only son of Roger...
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    Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It...
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    Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle...
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    Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England...
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    Newcastle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Designed by George Kenyon, the centre was built...
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    (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a...
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    Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the City Centre. It constituted a separate urban district of Northumberland from...
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  • Thomas Horsley (category Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    Present State of Newcastle upon Tyne. London: William White. pp. 221–3. OCLC 722366647. OL 21851966M. Retrieved 24 March 2020. "Lord Mayors, Mayors and Sheriffs...
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    /ˈdʒɛzmənd/ is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, situated north of the city centre and to the east of the Town Moor. Jesmond is...
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    Throckley (category Geography of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's...
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    William Haswell Stephenson (category Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    politician, philanthropist, and Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne. Stephenson was born at Throckley, near Newcastle upon Tyne, on 15 May 1836. His family were...
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    Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England. It was built by the Hawks family from 5,050 tons of iron. George Hawks, Mayor of...
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    Byker (category Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Home to the Byker...
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  • Henry Anderson (merchant) (category Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne and served once as Sheriff, as Mayor four times, was elected to the House of Commons in the Reformation...
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  • Bertram Anderson (category Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne and served once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor and was elected five times as MP in the House of Commons between...
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    settlement in Tyne and Wear, after Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Gateshead. Historically within the county of Durham, South Shields is south of North Shields...
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  • Henry Anderson (politician) (category Anderson family of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor, and four times as MP in the House of Commons between 1584 and 1593 and was also Sheriff of...
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    Fenham (category Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne)
    Fenham is an area of the west-end of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It lies to the west of the city centre, and is bounded...
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    Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Neath and Swansea East Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Newport West and Islwyn Newton...
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