History of Neville Street

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The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary (later Cathedral) in Newcastle was opened on the 21st of August 1844. It was designed in a neo-Gothic style by architect August Welby Pugin, famous for his work on the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The church was paid for by halfpenny donations from the poorest community of immigrants on Tyneside. The first parish priest was William Riddell.

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A monument to the eminent engineer George Stephenson, located on the junction of Westgate Road and Neville Street in Newcastle, was unveiled in a ceremony on the 2nd of October 1862. The monument was designed by John Graham Lough. Below the main bronze statue of George Stephenson on the corners of the sandstone plinth are 4 further statues of Stephenson, representing the areas of his achievements: as a miner, a locomotive engineer, a blacksmith and bridge builder. The decision to build the monument in Newcastle was made 10 years after Stephenson's death, at a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in August 1858, presided over by his son, Robert Stephenson and William Armstrong.

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An estimated 200,000 people gathered on Town Moor, Newcastle, in a protest organised by the Manhood Suffrage Society, campaigning for all men to given the vote. There were 5 platforms and 50 speakers and representatives from about 130 societies. A procession started at Nevile Street, by Central Station, marching through Newcastle to Town Moor.1 It was the largest gathering ever held on Town Moor.

1: Blagini, 2004

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RC Chuch of St Mary, Newcastle

George Stephenson monument unveiled

Great Radical Reform Demonstration - Newcastle, 1873

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