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St. Nicholas' Church from Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne


6500


Newcastle


Newcastle, Groat Market (Meal Market)


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Commercial



Market


Medieval



Structure


Its east side was destroyed for the new Town Hall and Exchange in 1855 and in the early 1960s a large section on the west side was cleared for Thomson House. Groats were a cereal; they were oats with the husks removed or the grains crushed and were used to feed humans and animals.


2489


6407


NZ24896407



H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 52; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 55

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