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.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.