Eighteenth Century
Great Names on the Tyne
In the 18th century...Newcastle was the greatest industrial city in England if
not the World. The area’s notable Families at that time being, Blackett,
Anderson, Clayton, Ridley, Grey, Eldon, Armstrong, Parsons, Stephenson,
Palmer, and Grainger.
Growth
Growth
began in the mid 18th Century. Many of the old buildings were removed.
Dean Street (The Lort Burn), which moored boats as far upstream as ‘High
Bridge’ was growing rapidly. Merchants moved businesses and dwellings
into the new developments in Grainger’s new developments in the Town.
Railways
Steam
engine development saw pioneers George and Robert Stephenson develop and
build in their Newcastle factory ‘The Rocket’. It was the most
successful railway engine of its day.
