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NEWCASTLE, ST NICHOLAS

The location of the Parish of Newcastle, St Nicholas (shown in green).
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"The Church of St. Nicholas, an ancient and beautiful edifice, situated in the parish to which it gives its name, was founded in the year 1091, by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, Earl of Dorset, a follower of William the Conqueror. ... The original church was burnt down in 1216, and rebuilt in 1359, since which period it has been frequently repaired and beautified: it is now a magnificent structure, situated on the crown of a bold eminence, which rises abruptly from the river nearly to the centre of the town. ... The steeple of this church is a very ingenious specimen of architecture. It is sixty-four yards high, and consists of 13 pinnacles, and two bold stone arches supporting a large and beautiful lantern, crowned with a tall spire." [From History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, Parson, William and White William. Newcastle 1827.]

• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Maps

Census

• The 1851 Census Index (microfiche CN3) and 1871 Census Index (microfiche MS421) published by the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.
  
  

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Church History

• The parish of St Nicholas, with its magnificent church, described above, claimed jurisdiction over the three other parishes in the city, All Saints, St Andrew's and St John's, and also over Gosforth. In most regards, however, they were all independent parishes.
  
  The interior of the church was badly damaged by the Scots during their brief occupation of the city in 1640. In 1644, during the nine-week siege by the Scots, the enemy threatened to demolish the church spire, but were deterred when Scottish prisoners were placed in the lantern tower.
  
  St Nicholas' Church became a cathedral in 1882 when the diocese of Newcastle was formed.
  
  
• Newcastle, St Nicholas:- The Ancestral Indexes website provides information under the headings Church and History.
  
  

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Church Records

• Newcastle, St Nicholas - Church Records - links and information.
  
  

Maps

• Maps of locations in this parish provided by Streetmap.
  
  

  Newcastle, St Nicholas.

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