The way, the word, and the water: The archaeology of 17th century Newcastle by Dr Pam Graves

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Lecture
There are iconographical aspects to the material environment of the 17th and early 18th century city: the merchant houses on Sandhill and aspirations to a New Jerusalem created by Puritan-leaning merchants during the Commonwealth; the merchant ledger slab in St Nicholas’s Cathedral; and the provision of public water supply: the idea of ‘the material culture of neighbourhood’ applied to Newcastle.
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