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Ward’s Directory 1915-16
This First World War directory covers Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland, Jarrow, Wallsend and ‘adjacent villages’. With more than 1,500 pages of information, it normally costs £17 from Anguline Research Archives.
Newcastle in 1863
Reid’s Handbook to Newcastle upon
Tyne, from 1863 is normally priced at 19.14 from Archive CD Books.
Early Newcastle Deeds
Originally published in 1924, this digital edition costs £8 and is part of Anguline Research Archives’ Northumberland material.
Kelly’s Directory 1921
This 817-page edition covers all of historic Northumberland, and normally costs £4.99 from Your Old Books & Maps.
Tyne & Wear Archives
Fascinating photo highlights from the collections of Tyne & Wear Archives.
This month, , we have four complete products – including mid- and post-WW1 directories – from Archive CD Books, Your Old Books & Maps and Anguline Research Archives, plus an array of images from the collections of Tyne & Wear Archives.
Ward’s Directory 1915-16
This First World War directory
covers Newcastle uponp Tyne,y , Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland, Jarrow, Wallsend and ‘adjacent villages’. The volume has more than 1,500 pages of information and normally costs £17 from Anguline Research Archives. There are alphabetical, street and trade directories, as well as gazetteers of Northumberland and Durham. You can explore other Northumberland titles at anguline.co.uk/northum.html.
NewcastleN in 1863
Reid’s Handbook to Newcastle upon Tyne, normally priced at ¤ 119.14 from Archive CD Books (archivecdbooks.ie), was originally published in 1863. It is a wonderful snapshot of notable places in the city, with information on industries, institutions and famous people. There are more than 50 illustrations as well as maps and plans. To see more Northumberland titles, go to archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/nbl-nbhistory.html.
Early Newcastle Deeds
Early Deeds Relating to Newcastle upon Tyne was originally published in 1924 by the Surtees Society – a group dedicated to publishing historic Northumberland manuscripts. This digital edition costs £8 and is part of Anguline Research Archives’ Northumberland material ( anguline.co.uk). It contains transcripts or abstracts (some in Latin, some in English) of four collections of pre-Reformation deeds relating to Newcastle. Covering the 12th to the 16th centuries, the deeds mention many names of people, making this book useful for family historians as well as those interested in the local history of the city.
Kelly’s Directory 1921
This 817- page edition of Kelly’s
Directory historiy covers all of historic Northumberland, and normally costs £4.99 from Your Old Books & Maps (youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk). The 1921 title doesn’t include all of modern Tyne & Wear, but does encompass Newcastle, Hexham and more. As with all Kelly’s directories there’s a Trades & Professions section, plus an alphabetical name index and gazetteer.
Tyne & Wear Archives
Finally, we have a host of fascinating photographs from Tyne & Wear Archives including the one pictured left.