It 1735, concerto composer, Charles Avison began a series of ground-breaking subscription concerts in Newcastle. These fortnightly concerts took place in the Assembly Rooms and Mr. Parker's Long Room at the Turk's Head Hotel. The concert were very successful and continued throughout Avison's life and after his death in 1770. Along the lines of concerts held in London and Edinburgh, the concert nights included music, dancing and card playing. A subscription for the full series cost half a guinea for one gentleman or two ladies. Whilst they were largely the preserve of the wealthy, they helped to establish Newcastle's reputation as a provincial centre for culture and music.

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The Market Cross (aka "Butter Cross") is located on the western side of the village green in Stamfordham, Northumberland. It is a small square, single-storey stone building, with a round arch on each side. The Market Cross was erected in 1735 by Sir Edward Swinburne of Capheaton.

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"The Arches" were originally built in 1735 as the courtyard gateway to Wallington Hall in Northumberland. However, later the arches proved too narrow for coaches and were moved and re-erected as an eyecatcher in 1751.

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