-
Roman settlement called Pons Aelius. The
settlement became known as
Monkchester before taking on the name of a
castle built in 1080 by
William the Conqueror's...
- Lancashire, Lune-caster-shire
Lanchester Leicester Mancetter Manchester Monkchester,
modernised form of Munucceaster, the Old
English name for Newcastle...
- time in the Anglo-Saxon age, the site of
Newcastle came to be
known as
Monkchester,
suggesting a
monastery at a
location still unknown. In the late 7th...
-
early monastery —
evidence lacking 'Castrum vel
civitas monachorum' ("
Monkchester") Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Priory Benedictine monks — from Evesham, Worcestershire...
- abolished). the City of
Newcastle upon Tyne
wards of Byker, Dene, Heaton,
Monkchester, Walker, and Walkergate; and the
Borough of
North Tyneside wards of Northumberland...
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Monkchester (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Povey* 1,434 87.5
Liberal Democrats J.
Mansfield 116 7.1
Conservative G.
Clark 88 5.4 Majority...
- properties).
Heading east
along Walker Road, the
boundary then
turns north up
Monkchester Road and
continues north. It
turns west
along Dunstanburgh Road, and...
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Grantebrycge (9th century) →
Cantabrigia (16th century) →
Cambridge Monkchester →
Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)
Celmeresfort →
Chelmsford (1189) Lyme →...
- Chroniclelive.co.uk. 28 July 2011.
Retrieved 5 May 2021. "Library".
Monkchester.co.uk. "Happy
Birthday Lady
Stephenson Library!". City of Newcastle....
- Newcastle. At some
unknown time, the site of
Newcastle came to be
known as
Monkchester. The
reason for this
title is unknown, as we are
unaware of any specific...
