DOCSLIB.ORG

Where the Story Begins

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Where the Story Begins Old Newcastle Discover Where the story begins Welcome to Old Newcastle, where the story begins. Whether you want to explore, take in the fine architecture or discover the rich heritage of the historic heart of Newcastle, this guide will help you start and make the most of your visit. Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas The Black Gate Castle Keep Moot Hall Cultural Life Church of St. John the Baptist High Level Bridge Stairs and Streets Its 15th century lantern tower dominates the Built between 1247 and 1250 during the reign The Castle Keep is one of the finest Norman The Grade I Listed Moot Hall was built in 1811 Around the Church of St. Nicholas a variety This 12th century Grade I Listed parish church Completed in 1849 and designed by Robert The Close and Side are two of Newcastle’s skyline of the area. Formerly Newcastle’s major of King Henry III, The Black Gate was the stone keeps or donjons surviving in Britain to replace the medieval Moot Hall as the County of market activities developed and this area is one of the oldest in Newcastle, erected Stephenson the High Level Bridge was the surviving medieval streets. parish church, it was given Cathedral status gatehouse to the barbican, and the last major today. It sits upon a steep-sided promontory Court. Traditionally a moot hall is a meeting became the main market district of Newcastle. around 1130. The Church was extended solution to a complex problem, that of spanning Amen Corner is where clergy came to the end in 1882, the same year that Newcastle was addition to the Castle defences. It strengthened guarding a vital crossing point over the River place or assembly building, particularly for These activities are commemorated in the several times before about 1450. Some 400 metres of river valley, 156 metres of which of prayer taken in procession around the outside made a City. It is the mother church of the the defences for the north gate of the Castle. Tyne on the site previously occupied by the deciding local issues. surrounding street names, including Cloth evidence of the original building remains, but is across water. Officially opened by Queen of the Cathedral. The workshop of Ralph Beilby most northerly diocese in England. There has The Black Gate is a Scheduled Ancient Roman fort Pons Aelius, an Anglo-Saxon The Moot Hall, along with the Castle Keep Market, Groat Market, and Bigg Market (‘bigg’ most of what can be seen is 14th century. Victoria in September 1849 it was the world’s and his apprentice and eventual business been a Christian church on this site for about Monument and is Grade I Listed. cemetery (serving a nearby settlement probably and the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, was a variety of barley grown in the North East In the chancel north window is the earliest first dual-decked rail and road bridge. partner Thomas Bewick were at Amen Corner. 900 years. called Monkchester) and the Norman castle of England). known representation of Newcastle’s coat of Consisting of an arched passage flanked by played a key role in the keeping of justice in The High Level Bridge, along with the Royal Dog Leap Stairs lead from the Castle Garth Dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries two towers it was approached by a turning from which the City takes its name. The Roman Newcastle through the ages. The Cathedral Charles Avison (1709 – 1770) was one of arms, in glass, dating from 1375. Newcastle Border Bridge at Berwick upon Tweed, bridge was somewhere near the modern University’s Society of Bell Ringers continues to Side. In 1772 Baron Eldon, later Lord with additions such as the 18th century library, bridge at both the front and rear. The bridges was used as the County Assizes court for two the finest English concerto composers of the completed the London-Edinburgh railway that Chancellor of England, eloped with Bessie the Grade I Listed Cathedral retains many could be closed quickly using counterweights Swing Bridge. years when the Old Moot Hall was demolished 18th century and music director of the the 500 year tradition of bells being rung in is now known as the East Coast Main Line. the Church. Surtees, the daughter of a local merchant. important features. Key among these are the and the front of the Black Gate could be sealed Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the in 1810. The Castle Keep was used as the Newcastle Music Society. He wrote more than The Grade I Listed High Level Bridge soon Local folklore suggests they made their escape early 15th century font, 16th century lectern by a portcullis. Conqueror, built the motte and bailey castle county gaol for many years. 40 concertos and was organist at St. Nicholas Inside the Church is a monument to Richard became a favourite landmark in Newcastle on horseback up Dog Leap Stairs however and the organ that was built in 1676 and is in 1080. Maurice the engineer rebuilt the The entrance is up a broad flight of sandstone Church from 1736 until his death. Grainger, a prominent figure in the urban and even inspired James Hill, a local fiddler, there is no solid evidence to support this. Dog still played today. Castle in stone between 1168 and 1178 for steps and Grecian portico to the entry hall and redevelopment of Newcastle who also worked to write the High Level Hornpipe in 1849. Leap Stairs is also mentioned in the 1978 With strong links to the sea and the Tyne the the King, Henry II and went on to design and magnificent staircase beyond, leading to a with John Dobson and Thomas Oliver. song ‘Down to the Waterline’ by Dire Straits. Cathedral’s spire, built in 1448, served as a build Dover Castle. King John added to it in balcony on the first floor. The chandelier lit Grainger’s work can be seen throughout the the early 13th century. City centre. A group of businessmen known as ‘Hostmen’ navigation point for ships in the Tyne for over Grand Jury Room has splendid views over the held a monopoly over the export of coal from 500 years. There is a memorial in the Cathedral After the completion of the town wall in the River Tyne and its bridges. Two traditional oak the River Tyne. They welcomed visiting to Danish seamen who died in the Second mid 14th century the Castle was isolated courtrooms dating from 1875 have trapdoors merchants, brought them up from the Quayside World War. within these new defences, and became in the docks leading down to the cell area with through the streets and chares and provided militarily redundant, but was refortified during original studded doors and shackle rings. them with accommodation as well as the Civil War (1642-1648). During the siege Both courts have Judges benches with oak introducing them to local traders. ’Hostmen’ of the town in 1644 the Castle became the canopies and extensive public galleries. acted as middlemen between coal producers last stronghold of the Royalist defenders. and shipping merchants. 40,000 Scottish troops successfully besieged Newcastle for three months. Nearby Mosley Street was the first street in Charles Avison the world to be lit by the incandescent light (Courtesy St. Nicholas Cathedral) bulb, invented by Sir Joseph Swan and first The height of the medieval building is unknown; demonstrated at the Literary & Philosophical the present top two floors, roof and additional Ralph Beilby (1743-1817) was a founder Society on Westgate Road in 1880. The street arch over the passage were added in the early member of Newcastle’s Literary & Philosophical facilitated east-west communication between 17th century when the gatehouse was turned Society. Proficient in many skills, Beilby took the Flesh Market and Pilgrim Street. The street into a house by Alexander Stephenson who over the family business and in 1767 he took was named after Mr Alderman Mosley who leased the Black Gate from King James I. on Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) as an was instrumental in promoting the material Other houses were gradually built within the apprentice engraver. Richard Grainger improvement of Newcastle. area enclosed by the Castle walls and around (Courtesy Newcastle Libraries) Collingwood Street, named after Admiral Lord the Black Gate. Thomas Bewick was most famous for his The High Level Bridge closed to traffic in 2005 for repairs and reopened in 2008, once again Collingwood, was opened in 1810 in the year ‘History of British Birds’, but he also illustrated The choir stalls were made by Robert ‘Aesop’s Fables’. He gave his name to the carrying trains on the higher level, and limited of his death and provided better through access Thompson of Yorkshire, and his trademark traffic and pedestrians below. between Pilgrim Street and Westgate. species Bewick’s Swan, and Bewick’s Wren. mouse can be seen if you look closely. The Bewick Memorial and a commemorative Robert Stephenson was a civil engineer. He Neville Street takes its name from Neville Tower. plaque mark where his workshop was at Amen Five of the windows were designed by William was the only son of George Stephenson, the Corner from about 1790. Wailes (1808 – 1881), who had one of famed locomotive builder and railway engineer. Described on completion as the most perfect England’s largest stained glass workshops in Robert Stephenson & Co. started the world's specimen of Doric architecture in the North of the 19th century. He also designed windows first, purpose-built locomotive factory on South England, the Moot Hall has columned porticos in Gloucester Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, Street, here in Newcastle.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Bridges Over the Tyne Session Plan
    Bridges over the Tyne Session Plan There are seven bridges over the Tyne between central Newcastle and Gateshead but there have been a number of bridges in the past that do not exist anymore. However the oldest current bridge, still standing and crossing the Tyne is actually at Corbridge, built in 1674. Pon Aelius is the earliest known bridge. It dates from the Roman times and was built in the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian at the same time as Hadrian’s Wall around AD122. It was located where the Swing Bridge is now and would have been made of wood possibly with stone piers. It last- ed until the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century. Two altars can be seen in the Great North Museum to Neptune and Oceanus. They are thought to have been placed next to the bridge at the point where the river under the protection of Neptune met the tidal waters of the sea under the protection of Oceanus. The next known bridge was the Medieval Bridge. Built in the late 12th century, it was a stone arched bridge with huge piers. The bridge had shops, houses, a chapel and a prison on it. It had towers with gates a drawbridge and portcullis reflecting its military importance. The bridge collapsed during the great flood of 1771, after three days of heavy rain, with a loss of six lives. You can still see the remains of the bridge in the stone archways on both the Newcastle and Gateshead sides of the river where The Swing Bridge is today.
    [Show full text]
  • Bridges Conservation Area Character Appraisal
    Bridges Conservation Area Character Appraisal Final April 2013 Gateshead Council Contents Reid’s plan of the Borough, 1879 16 Contribution of Spaces 44 2nd Edition OS, 1897 16 Roads and Pavements 44 3rd Edition OS, 1916-20 17 Open Spaces & Vacant Sites 45 4th - 6th Edition OS 17 Public Art 46 Bridges Conservation Area Map 18 Loss, Intrusion and Damage 48 Introduction 3 Sources 19 Negative Areas to be Improved 48 Conservation Areas 3 Historic Images 20 Vacant Sites 49 Town Planning Context 3 Amenity Issues 49 This Character Appraisal 4 Spatial Analysis 22 Condition of Buildings 50 Further Information 4 Development Pattern 22 Layout, Grain & Density 25 List of Figures Location and Context 5 Views in the area 26 1 - Wider Location map Location 5 2 - Bridges Conservation Area boundary Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) 6 Character Analysis 28 3 - John Wood’s Map of Newcastle & Gateshead Context 7 Character Zones 28 4 - Oliver’s Map of Newcastle Geology 7 The Bridges 29 5 - Bell’s Map of the Great Northern Coal Field Topography and Aspect 7 Riverbank Zone 30 6 - 1st ed. OS map Setting and External Relationships 7 Relationship to other Zones 32 7 - Reid’s Plan Views out of the Area 8 Quality and Significance 32 8 - 2nd ed. OS map Central Zone 33 9 - 3rd ed. OS map Historical Development 9 Relationship to other Zones 36 10 - 4th ed. OS map Gateshead to the nineteenth century 9 Quality and Significance 36 11 - Bridges Conservation Area Map The Railway Effect 10 Greenesfield Zone 37 12 - Spatial Analysis of Bridges The last few decades 12 Relationship
    [Show full text]
  • Hackworth Family Archive
    Hackworth Family Archive A cataloguing project made possible by the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives Science Museum Group 1 Description of Entire Archive: HACK (fonds level description) Title Hackworth Family Archive Fonds reference code GB 0756 HACK Dates 1810’s-1980’s Extent & Medium of the unit of the 1036 letters with accompanying letters and associated documents, 151 pieces of printed material and printed images, unit of description 13 volumes, 6 drawings, 4 large items Name of creator s Hackworth Family Administrative/Biographical Hackworth, Timothy (b 1786 – d 1850), Railway Engineer was an early railway pioneer who worked for the Stockton History and Darlington Railway Company and had his own engineering works Soho Works, in Shildon, County Durham. He married and had eight children and was a converted Wesleyan Methodist. He manufactured and designed locomotives and other engines and worked with other significant railway individuals of the time, for example George and Robert Stephenson. He was responsible for manufacturing the first locomotive for Russia and British North America. It has been debated historically up to the present day whether Hackworth gained enough recognition for his work. Proponents of Hackworth have suggested that he invented of the ‘blast pipe’ which led to the success of locomotives over other forms of rail transport. His sons other relatives went on to be engineers. His eldest son, John Wesley Hackworth did a lot of work to promote his fathers memory after he died. His daughters, friends, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and ancestors to this day have worked to try and gain him a prominent place in railway history.
    [Show full text]
  • Born in 1834 at Killingworth Hall, Northumberland, He Was The
    Sir Lindsay Wood Born in 1834 at Killingworth Hall, Northumberland, he was the youngest son of Nicholas Wood, colliery owner and engineer who worked alongside George Stephenson during the early years of locomotive development as well as experimenting with a miners’ safety lamp. He was educated at Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring and Kings College ,London. He served an apprenticeship as a mining engineer while working at the Hetton Collieries owned by the Hetton Coal Company. His father was manager of the Hetton Collieries and in 1858 Lindsay was appointed viewer (manager) of the North Hetton Colliery (Moorsley Pit). Shortly afterwards he became assistant to his father as manager of Hetton Collieries and when his father died in 1866 he became Managing Director of the Hetton Collieries which comprised the Lyons Colliery, Moorsley Colliery, the Hazard Pit as well as Eppleton and Elemore Collieries. He continued in this position until the company was sold in 1911 to Lord Joicey’s company. Lindsay Wood was married in 1873 to Emma Barrett of Heighington Hall near Darlington. They initially lived at Hetton Hall but moved to The Hermitage at Chester-le-Street. They had four sons and two daughters the eldest son being Mr. Arthur, Nicholas Lindsay Wood born in 1875. Mr Wood, like his father became a mining engineer and was also a captain in The Northumberland Artillery, a territorial regiment. In 1891 Mrs Emma Wood died suddenly in the late spring at the Hermitage, a great loss to the family. BY the 1870s Lindsay Wood was a managing partner in the North Hetton Coal Company as well as the Harton Coal Company.
    [Show full text]
  • Old Newcastle
    N O R T H U M B E R L A N D S T St Andrew’s Tyneside Cinema Explore Church A B C D E Find 1 Central Arcade Old Newcastle T EE Theatre Royal TR Amen Corner D3 T S The RKE Bigg Market C2 Gate MA Black Gate D3 Bridge Hotel D4 Grainger Town Castle Keep D3 Castle Stairs D4 Cloth / Flesh Market C2 Blackfriars Cathedral Church of D2 St. Nicholas & Chinatown Rutherford Fountain Church of St. John the Baptist B3 2 BI George Stephenson Monument B3 GG MK Grey Street Literary & Philosophical Society C3 T C North of England C3 LO map and guide heritage Free TH Gateshead Institute of Mining / F LE and Mechanical Engineers S begins story the Where Old G H R O M A Millennium Bridge A Old General Post Office C3 T R K Newcastle M E A T Statue of Queen Victoria D2 R Old Newcastle K E Vermont Hotel D3 T Heritage The Tyne Quayside Y Statue of Queen Victoria R A All Saints’ ChurchTheatre E M N Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas E A S L BALTIC 3 Church of St. John the Baptist ST Explore O OD Centre for Contemporary Art R O NER W S OR G E T C Bessie Surtees House Brandling IN AR MEN Village LL H N A O C I C N C The Sage TO H George Stephenson Monument N Quayside Newcastle E Old General O University Jesmond Vale D Medical L Trinity House School Library Post Office A Welcome to Old Newcastle, Where the Story Begins North of England Institute of Mining S S Discovery & Stephenson Great North Museum and Mechanical EngineersOne square T Black Gate T represents Northern NewcastleE S approximately Visit Old Newcastle to explore nearly There are many more subtle layers and Discovery Museum St.
    [Show full text]
  • Nicholas Wood (1795 – 1865)
    Nicholas Wood (1795 – 1865) Nicholas Wood was born at Ryton, a small village on the banks of the River Tyne. He was the son of Nicholas and Ann Wood and he was born on the 24th April 1795. His father was the mining engineer at Crawcrook Colliery close to Ryton, and it was he who would influence his son to follow in his footsteps. Nicholas junior attended the village school in Crawcrook and by 1811 he had started work as an apprentice colliery viewer (manager) at Killingworth colliery some miles to the east of his birthplace. It was here that he became a close associate and friend of the colliery enginewright George Stephenson. Early in their careers both became interested in a revolutionary safety lamp for miners. Wood followed up Stephenson’s work and made drawings of the lamp which eventually was referred to as the “Geordie Lamp” made under supervision by Stephenson. Stephenson who by 1815 had also become interested in the development of the locomotive “Blucher” at Killingworth encouraged Wood to take an active part in the development of the locomotive. Nicholas Wood designed a system of actuating valves and eccentrics for the locomotive and by 1818 he was carrying out experiments on the laminated springs and lubrication of the locomotive’s working parts as well as measuring. There is no question that Wood played a significant role in determining the best type of early locomotive while experimentation was going on. In 1814 he described a single cylinder machine with a flywheel at Wylam colliery as being very troublesome.
    [Show full text]
  • Building Bridges
    Building bridges A self-guided walk around Newcastle ww.discoverin w gbrita in.o the stories of our rg lands discovered th cape rough w s alks 2 Contents Introduction 4 Route map 5 Practical information 6 Detailed maps 8 Commentary 10 Further information 34 Credits 35 © The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, London, 2015 Discovering Britain is a project of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) The digital and print maps used for Discovering Britain are licensed to the RGS-IBG from Ordnance Survey Cover image: Tyne bridges © Nick Stanworth RGS-IBG Discovering Britain 3 Building bridges Discover how industry and the arts made Newcastle a global city Newcastle-upon-Tyne is one of the major cities of north east England. Newcastle came into its own in the nineteenth century. Fuelled by coal and oiled by the River Tyne, the city attracted trades, goods and people from around the world. In later years however Newcastle’s industries experienced severe decline. The city had to reinvent itself and it has since become a vibrant centre for the arts. This walk explores how Newcastle’s medieval Tyne Bridge Newcastle has constantly adapted © Newcastle City Library since it was founded by the Romans. We will find out about some of the international industries and communities that have shaped Newcastle and visit some of the key sites in the city’s history - including a castle, a friary, a Premier League football stadium, “Britain’s finest street” and the city’s world-famous riverside. This walk was originally created in 2012 as part of a series that explored how our towns and cities have been shaped for many centuries by some of the 206 The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle © Rory Walsh participating nations in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    [Show full text]
  • Stephenson's Newcastle
    Literary and Philosophical Society. Philosophical and Literary the Mining Institute and nearby nearby and Institute Mining the Robert left generous bequests to to bequests generous left Robert The Institution of Civil Engineers North East North Engineers Civil of Institution The that institution in 1847. In his will, will, his In 1847. in institution that who was Founder President of of President Founder was who 1849 and 1853 following his father father his following 1853 and 1849 of Mechanical Engineers between between Engineers Mechanical of also president of the Institution Institution the of president also of the Mining Institute and was was and Institute Mining the of Robert was elected vice president president vice elected was Robert was 15 years old. years 15 was commencing employment when he he when employment commencing INSTITUTION OFCIVILENGINEERS apprenticed to Nicholas Wood on on Wood Nicholas to apprenticed Robert Stephenson was was Stephenson Robert and friend of George Stephenson. Stephenson. George of friend and (manager), associate, colleague colleague associate, (manager), was a prominent Colliery Viewer Viewer Colliery prominent a was Wood Memorial Library. Nicholas Nicholas Library. Memorial Wood The building houses the Nicholas Nicholas the houses building The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Mechanical and Mining of Institute England of North The 5 Stephenson’s Newcastle Stephenson’s ICE 200 ICE projections housing figures depicting Stephenson’s spheres of activity. of spheres Stephenson’s depicting figures housing projections The monument depicts George Stephenson on the pedestal with corner corner with pedestal the on Stephenson George depicts monument The widened in 1894.
    [Show full text]
  • Church Fenton to Newcastle Strategic Advice 2020 3 MB
    Church Fenton to Newcastle Strategic Advice What is required to make the rail network between Church Fenton and Newcastle ready for the 2030s and beyond? Continuous Modular Strategic Planning April 2020 02 Contents Part A: Executive Summary 03 Part B: Continuous Modular Strategic Planning 06 Part C: Church Fenton to Newcastle Strategic Context 07 Part D: Demand in the 2030s and Beyond 10 Part E: The Needs of the Future Railway 17 Part F: Accommodating Future Services 19 Part G: Next Steps 29 Church Fenton to Newcastle Strategic Advice April 2020 03 Part A Executive Summary What is required to make the rail network between The combined impact of the many factors listed above Church Fenton and Newcastle ready for the 2030s and is a recommendation for transformational change of beyond? the rail network between Church Fenton and The Church Fenton to Newcastle strategic question Newcastle for the coming decades. CMSP highlights provides a set of recommendations to make sure that the the benefits for both NPR and HS2 Phase 2b in relieving rail network meets the demands of passengers and crowding on trains and improving connections, also freight-users for decades to come. CMSP (Continuous showing that there is a strong case for investment in Modular Strategic Planning – see Part B) considers the the network regardless of delivery of the programmes. needs of the network in a holistic manner, with experts There is now a one-off opportunity to maintain from across the rail industry working with Network Rail to alignment of HS2 and NPR plans with an integrated provide inputs.
    [Show full text]
  • R O B E Rt S Te P H E N S O N • H Is to Ry ROBERT STEPHENSON AGREAT
    ROBERT STEPHENSON A GREAT 19 TH CENTURY ENGINEER EARLY YEARS Robert Stephenson was born in a small cottage in Willington Quay, a few miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne, on October 16th 1803. His father was the now famous George Stephenson. At this time George was a brakesman at Ballast Hills Colliery, Willington Quay working on low-pressure stationary engines. In 1804 Richard Trevithick, the Cornish inventor of the high-pressure steam engine visited the area and called on the Stephensons in their small house. In that same year the Stephensons moved to a cottage in Paradise Row, West Moor near Killingworth because George had accepted work as a brakesman at the West Moor colliery which was owned by the Grand Allies (an alliance of powerful coal-owning families formed in 1726). Richard Trevithick continued to visit the Stephensons and in 1805 he demonstrated one of his new locomotives at Whinfi eld’s Pipewellgate works in Gateshead. Unfortunately in the same year Robert’s sister died and in 1806 his mother died. George was so upset he moved to Montrose and took up work there but he left Robert with Ann Snaith, George’s housekeeper. In 1808 Ann Snaith married Robert’s uncle also named Robert. George returned to Killingworth and set up a business to repair low pressure stationary engines and also went back to work as a brakesman. Robert Stephenson • History Cottage at Willington Quay, North Tyneside SCHOOL DAYS Robert was sent to school at Longbenton in 1810 because his father wanted him to be a “viewer” (mining engineer) in the mines and he was determined that Robert would have a proper education.
    [Show full text]
  • George Stephenson
    George Stephenson Early Life. On the 9th June 1781 in a small stone labourer’s cottage in Wylam, a few miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne, George Stephenson was born. The cottage was called High Street House, its location being on the old road between Wylam and Newburn. Although it had four rooms the Stephenson family occupied a single ground floor room. The colliery waggonway ran past the front of the house so it must have been a noisy location. George was the second son and he was followed by a further two brothers and a sister, all born within a few years of each other. Their father Robert was a Scotsman and he was employed as engine fireman at the nearby Wylam Colliery. He earned 12 shillings (60p) a week so the family were not exactly well-off. His mother Mabel was born into a family who came from the nearby village of Ovingham where her father George Carr was a dyer. In his younger years George would be familiar with the comings and goings along the nearby waggonway and it is likely that he came to recognise the men and horses which pulled the coal chaldrons (wagons). He would also have visited the colliery on a number of occasions even if it was only to take his father’s lunch bait (sandwiches). On the way to the colliery he would have passed another small cottage, the home of the Hackworth family, near to the colliery workshops. It was here that John Hackworth the foreman colliery blacksmith worked. It was in this small cottage that his son Timothy was born in December 1786 and it is remarkable how the lives of both George and Timothy would in later years become intertwined in the construction of locomotives.
    [Show full text]
  • North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
    NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. TRANSACTIONS. VOL. XXIX. 1879-80. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE: A. REID, PRINTING COURT BUILDINGS, AKENSIDE HILL. 1880 [iii] ERRATA. The translation of the Report mentioned on page 112 was placed at the disposition of the Institute by Mr. James Ashworth. On page 159, par. 3, line 9, for "which have been translated by Mr. C. G. Jackson," read " which has been translated by the writer with the co-operation of Mr. C. G. Jackson." CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIX. PAGE. Report or Council ............ v. Finance Report.................. ix. Account of Subscriptions ... xii. Treasurer's Account ......... xiv. General Account ............... xvi. Patrons.............................. xvii. Honorary and Life Members xviii. Officers ........................... xix. Original Members ............ xx. PAGE. Ordinary Members ............ xxxv. Associate Members ............ xxxv. Students ........................... xxxvii. Subscribing Collieries ...... xl. Charter.............................. xli. Bye-Laws........................... xlvii. Barometer Readings............ 249 Index................................. 257 GENERAL MEETINGS. 1879. PAGE Sept. 6.—Paper by Mr. John Daglisli, " On an Improved Expansion Gearing for Winding Engines" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Discussed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Paper by Mr. W. J. Bird, " Condensation in Steam Pipes" ... ... 7 Discussed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Oct. 4.— Paper communicated by Mr. D. P. Morison, "Notes on Coal Dust Explosions"
    [Show full text]