Newcastle Hotels
Hotels in Newcastle are often rewquired by people who need accommodation in the city. Some might want to see the famous areas of the city or to see the culture or the sports venues. Some may want to see historic areas of the city or to use Newcastle as a base to explore the region. Some might prefer a luxury hotel or a cheap hotel or one with good parking.
From 1530 a royal act restricted all shipments of coal from Tyneside to Newcastle Quayside, giving a monopoly in the coal trade to a cartel of Newcastle burgesses known as the Hostmen. This monopoly, which lasted for a considerable time, helped Newcastle prosper, but it had its impact on the growth of near-neighbours Sunderland, causing a Tyneside and a Wearside rivalry that still exists. Newcastle's development as a major city, however, owed most to its central role in the export of coal. The phrase taking coals to Newcastle was first recorded in 1538. In the 19th century, shipbuilding and heavy engineering were central to the city's prosperity; and the city was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution.
In large parts, Newcastle still retains a medieval street layout. Narrow alleys or 'chares', most of which can only be traversed by foot, still exist in abundance, particularly around the riverside. Stairs from the riverside to higher parts of the city centre and the extant Castle Keep, originally recorded in the 14th century, remain in places. Close, Sandhill and Quayside contain modern buildings as well as structures dating from the 15th-18th centuries, including Bessie Surtees House, the Cooperage and Lloyds Quayside Bars, Derwentwater House and the currently unused Grade I-listed 16th century merchant's house at 28-30 Close.
The city has an extensive neoclassical centre, largely developed in the 1830s by Richard Grainger and John Dobson, and recently extensively restored. Grainger Town is the historic heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The River Tyne is a river in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers, the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed Waters' Meet.
The dialect of Newcastle is known as Geordie, and contains a large amount of vocabulary and distinctive word pronunciations not used in other parts of the nation. The Geordie dialect has much of its origins in the language spoken by Anglo-Saxon mercenaries, who were employed to fight Pictish invaders, following the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain in the 4th century.
Areas of the city include ;
Benwell and Scotswood, Blakelaw, Byker, Castle, Dene, Denton, Elswick, Fawdon,
Fenham, Gosforth (East and West), Heaton (North and South, ) Jesmond (North and
South), Kenton, Lemington, Newburn, Ouseburn, Parklands, Walker, Walkergate ,
Westerhope , Westgate Wingrove, Woolsington
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