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Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead. Originally published by Mackenzie and Dent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1827.

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Eneas Mackenzie, 'List of embellishments; corrections', in Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead( Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1827), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/newcastle-historical-account/p781 [accessed 21 November 2024].

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.



Page
	The chapel at the Barras Bridge, to face Title.
1	Initial letter T, emblematic of the Tyne river god.
89	Ground plan, section, and elevation of the Castle.
104	Gateway in the interior of the Castle.
109	West Gate.
111	Newgate, from the south.
113	Pilgrim Street Gate, ditto.
114	Pandon Gate.
124	Nave of St Nicholas' church.
157	Newcastle upon Tyne, from the south. Regalia of the Corporation.
186	View in Pandon Dean.
201	Eldon Square, Blackett Street.
215	The Exchange, Guild-hall, new Fish Market, and Merchants' Court, Sandhill.
218	Ground plan and perspective view of the New Prisons, in Carliol Croft.
229	Theatre-royal.—See page 231.
231	The Assembly Rooms.
233	The Mansion-house.—See page 231.
235	St. Nicholas' church, from the north-east.
242	Interior view of ditto, from the west.
291	Porch of ditto, on the south side.
322	New window, north side of St. George's porch, St. Nicholas' church.
323	St. Andrew's church.
343	St. John's church.—See page 323.
366	The altar of the Roman Catholic chapel, in Pilgrim Street.
415	Royal Free Grammar-school.
446	Clergy Jubilee School.—See page 415.
452	Royal Jubilee School.—See ditto.
454	Royal Improved School for Girls.—See ditto
461	The Library-rooms, &c. of the Literary and Philosophical Society.—See page 231.
490	St. Nicholas' library.
500	St. Ann's chapel.
501	The Infirmary.
513	The Dispensary.—See page 501.
516	The House of Recovery—See ditto.
517	The Lying-in Hospital.—See ditto.
528	Jesus' Hospital, &c. Manor Chare.
531	Peace and Unity Hospital, Westgate.—See page 528.
550	Keelmen's Hospital, New Road.—See ditto.
603	Ancient seal of the Corporation.
679	The Trinity-house Chapel and Hospital See page 528.
714	St. Andrew's church.
751	St. Mary's church, Gateshead.
753	Ruins of St. Edmund's chapel.—See page 751.
754	New chapel of St. Edmund.—See ditto

When it is intended to bind the work in two volumes, the publishers recommend the first volume to end at page 414.

CORRECTIONS, OMISSIONS, AND ADDITIONS.



Page	line
18	6	from bottom, for ayoynted read apoynted.
39	9	from top, for prophanation read profanation.
90	17	from top, for eschaet read escheat.
96	1	top, for inditing read indicting.
102	24	from bottom, for Wilking read Wilkey.
104	12	from top, tessilated read tessclated.
180	1	for east read west.
200	3	from bottom, for in read on.
285	14	from top, for Wetstcir read Wetstein.
340	19	from bottom, of wanted before 8611.
392	13	from top, for James read Robert.
482	5	from top, for West read Watts.
506	9	from bottom, for James read Thomas.
530	8	from top, for 91 feet read 70½ yards.
590	7	from bottom, for John read Jonathan.

Page 333.—The inscription on the tomb-stone of Robert Page is,— "Hic situs est Robertus Page, Armiger, Vir virtute et recte factis insignis diutissime languecens morti succubiut A. D. 1807, Ætatique 69." English, "Here lieth interred Robert Page, Esq. a man rigidly moral and scrupulously exact in his transactions. He died after a protracted illness A. D. 1807, aged 69."

Page 380.—Mrs. Watts was a member of the Established Church, though her father belonged to Hanover Square chapel.

Page 382.—The Quaker meeting-house occupied the scite of the present poor-house.

Page 414.— The old Ballast Hills burial-ground measured only 7438 square yards, or 1 acre, 2 roods, 5 perches, 27 yards.

Page 444—Mr. Fryer merely assisted his master, Mr. C. Hutton.

Page 587.— Mr. W. Harvey designed the cuts for Northcote's Fables. They were mostly engraved by Mr. J. Jackson.

Page 592.—In mentioning the eminent teachers of music in Newcastle, Messrs. John and Charles Millear were inadvertently omitted.

Page 676.—The Duke of Wellington was admitted to the freedom of the Cordwainers' Company, April 12,1814. His grace's letter of thanks is hung up in their Hall.