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 Blackfriars, Newcastle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackfriars is a restored 13th-century friary in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.
It is in the city centre, close to the city's Chinatown.
Blackfriars was then converted into a series of meeting rooms and almshouses for the destitute.
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 Travel Destinations Articles: Vacation in Newcastle
Newcastle is the main city in North East England, and the 20th largest city in England.
The Newcastle Royal Grammar School is often claimed to be one of the foremost schools in the North of England.
Newcastle and the surrounding area have an extensive bus network that is coordinated by Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive.
etraveling.blogspot.com /2006/02/vacation-in-newcastle.html   (1276 words)

  
 VR Newcastle | Blackfriars | Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, often called just Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.
Newcastle is the main city in the North East of England, and around the sixth largest city in England.
Newcastle - Bars and clubs Newcastle has a reputation of being a fun-loving city with many bars, restaurants and night clubs.
www.vrnewcastle.co.uk /panoramas-qt/source/blackfriars_22(final).html   (314 words)

  
 Ferrysavers - Online booking for ferries from Newcastle. Best Price Guarantee.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Newcastle (or Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is a lively city with a population having a reputation for enjoying a good night out.
The present keep of Newcastle was built by Henry II in the 12th and 13th Centuries.
Blackfriars - Blackfriars in Newcastle was originally founded in the 13th Century as a Dominican friary.
www.ferrysavers.com /ferrywelcome/info/ports/newcastle.htm   (211 words)

  
 Blackfriars Café Bar
Blackfriars Restaurant lends itself to both intimate and romantic dining, as well as larger dinner parties.
With its origins dating back to 1239, Blackfriars Restaurant is the oldest purpose-built restaurant in the UK with the main restaurant originally built to house the refectory for the ‘Black Friars’.
Blackfriars was recently the Metro Newspaper’s ‘Restaurant of the Year’ for Newcastle and with an AA rosette, inclusion in the Which?
www.blackfriarscafebar.co.uk /inside.asp   (292 words)

  
 NewcastleGateshead - City Guide - Blackfriars Restaurant
Blackfriars is the oldest purpose built restaurant in the UK, with its origins dating back to 1239 when it originally housed the refectory for the ‘Black Friars’.
Today Blackfriars specialises in classic but gutsy British food using fresh, local and seasonal produce — often direct from the farm.
Blackfriars offers both an informal lunch menu and a full à la carte menu in the evenings.
www.visitnewcastlegateshead.com /eatingdrinkingDetails.php?e=151   (253 words)

  
 Newcastle Restaurants With e-travelguide.info
Blackfriars Café Bar and Restaurant is set in the wonderfully charismatic setting of a 13 th Century refectory built by Dominican monks.
Newcastle’s selection of curry houses is considered one of the most varied in the country, and Vujon – situated in the lively Quayside – is one of the city’s finest.
Situated on Newcastle’s lively Quayside is Heartbreak Soup, itself a vibrant and interesting venue in which the cuisine is an intriguing melting pot of flavours and influences.
www.e-travelguide.info /newcastle/eatingout.htm   (531 words)

  
 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, and other places to eat and drink - Tourist Net UK Guide
Blackfriars Cafe Bar is the oldest purpose built restaurant in the UK having served as a refectory for the 'Black Friars' from the 13th Century.
Blackfriars is tucked away slightly from the hustle and bustle of city life, but is a real find for visitors to the city.
Restaurant hidden in Jesmond Dene, a small woodland valley five minutes from the centre of Newcastle, Fisherman's Lodge is a haven of calm and the city's finest seafood restaurant.
www.touristnetuk.com /ne/northumberland/food/newcastleupontyne.htm   (621 words)

  
 Newcastle upon Tyne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Newcastle's development as a major city owed much to its central role in the export of coal from the Northumberland coalfield – the phrase "carrying coals to Newcastle" proverbially denotes the act of bringing a particular commodity to a locality that has more than enough of it already.
Newcastle is part of an area called Tyneside, whose people are commonly known as Geordies, and are known for their distinctive accent and sense of humour.
In 2001 Newcastle planned to host a Gay Pride festival but this was cancelled at the last minute due to opposition by the Council members.
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 The Fog on the Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne Tourism and Things to Do - IgoUgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Newcastle is a very sociable city and the vast area of pubs, bars, and eating establishments shows just how keen Geordies are on having a good time.
Blackfriars Cafe-bar has the distinction of being the UK's oldest purpose-built restaurant having started life as the refectory for the Blackfriars monks in the 13th century.
Hanahana is situated on the edge of Newcastle's Chinatown area, close to the heart of the city centre.
www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journal.aspx?JournalID=21863   (789 words)

  
 Two Cities, One River - Newcastle And Gateshead Heritage Trail - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
The pleasant courtyard of Blackfriars, one of Newcastle's early religious foundations.
Were it not for this river, Newcastle would have remained for many years a small community of monks and soldiers warily keeping an eye on the Scots from the eponymous castle.
Newcastle’s industrial forefathers tore down almost every other building to make way for better, more efficient ones, and yet the little cathedral with its strange spire was left quite alone.
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA23395.html   (2787 words)

  
 International House Newcastle English language school, study English learn English in England with IELTS classes, ...
International House Newcastle is unique in the North of England as the only English language school accredited by the British Council, a full member of Eaquals and a member of the International House World Organisation.
There is a varied social programme all year, and regular trips to Scotland, York, Durham, the castles of Northumbria and the Lake District.
Newcastle is a lively university city, an excellent place to study English with a world-famous reputation for friendliness and excellent public transport, leisure and entertainment facilities.
www.ihnewcastle.com   (483 words)

  
 Blackfriars (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackfriars, Newcastle an ancient structure in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Blackfriars, Gloucester an ancient friary in Gloucester, England.
Blackfriars Theatre the name of two theaters which once stood in London.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackfriars_(disambiguation)   (131 words)

  
 Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newcastle upon Tyne (nū'kăs'əl ə-pŏn' tīn), usually shortened to Newcastle, is a city in North East England and a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, situated on the north bank of the River Tyne.
Newcastle's development as a major city, however, owed most to its central role in the export of coal.
Newcastle has three large teaching hospitals: the Royal Victoria Infirmary, whose organ donor system has been featured on television; the Newcastle General Hospital and the Freeman Hospital, which amongst other things, performs transplant surgery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newcastle,_England   (4724 words)

  
 Tyne & Wear
Founded in the 13th century, Blackfriars is one of the most complete Dominican friaries surviving in England.
In 1080 the Normans built a 'new castle' to guard the strategic crossing of the River Tyne.
As the Normans intended, the view from the ramparts is panoramic, especially to the south where Newcastle's six bridges span the river.
www.westair-reproductions.com /mappage/tynewear.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Newcastle Community News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NCN was set up in 1998 with support from Adult Basic Education, Library Priority Services, The Newcastle Literacy Trust and The St Vincent De Paul Society at Blackfriars.
Blackfriars Community Reporter, John Shearer filed his report Tuesday 28th, we published on Saturday and today the Sunday Sun have an exclusive.
For a period of ten weeks in June and July 1999 a group collectively known as Blackfriars Community Reporters met at Blackfriars Community Centre in Byker to work on reports and articles based on their own experiences.
www.neukol.org.uk /tyneblog/index.php/NCN   (617 words)

  
 blackfriars
The Dominican Friary was established in Newcastle in 1239.
It was finally decided to restore the buildings in 1974 and the completed restoration was celebrated in 1981, when the Queen Mother officially re-opened Blackfriars.
Blackfriars is tucked away between the day-time bustle of shopping on Newgate Street and the evening mystique of Chinatown.
www.dejavuvideo.co.uk /blackfriars.htm   (252 words)

  
 Blackfriars Restaurant, Friars Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4XN - restaurant-guide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Today Blackfriars Restaurant is one of Newcastle's most recognised restaurants, with inclusions in the Good Food and Michelin Guides and an AA rosette; it was also the Metro Newspaper's 'Restaurant of the Year', the food is best described as Modern British.
Dating back to 1239, Blackfriars, with its horseshoe of buildings sheltering a medieval al fresco courtyard, is the oldest purpose-built restaurant in the UK.
Blackfriars hosts regular gourmet evenings such as Thai, Spanish and Beaujolais nights, and also has lazy jazz every Sunday lunchtime; more details are available, including their full menus, on the stylish new Website.
restaurant-guide.com /details/default.asp?rID=42331&...&cuiID=20   (697 words)

  
 icNewcastle - Blackfriars Restaurant
Thankfully, when this happened on our visit to Blackfriars, it wasn't anything too frightful like a fly or strands of the chef's hair, but a two-inch piece of plastic.
My friend had been happily tucking into her main course of gnocchi with walnuts, when she realised she was chomping on plastic and, as you can imagine, it didn't exactly complement the dish.
Blackfriars is the oldest purpose-built restaurant in the UK, with origins dating back to 1239, and is housed over two floors.
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 G. Walter Gumbley, O.P.: On the Name Blackfriars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Reprinted with permission of the editor, New Blackfriars, (Oxford, England) from the premier issue of Blackfriars, 1920, pp.
Yet it is certain that the Dominicans, or to give them their correct title, Preaching Friars or Friar-Preachers, were generally known as Blackfriars in pre-Reformation days, though it is not easy to say at what date precisely the name first appears.
The Dominican habit consists of a long tunic or gown of white wool over which is worn a long scapular and a hood or capuce of the same colour and material.
www.spiritualitytoday.org /spir2day/863836gumbley.html   (531 words)

  
 Eating in Newcastle - A selection of good restaurants in and around Newcastle upon Tyne!
There are many excellent places to eat in Newcastle and it really depends on what you're looking for.
Sidney's Restaurant Sidney’s is located in the pretty, seaside village of Tynemouth, 10 miles East of Newcastle upon Tyne and is popular for casual dining as well as for special occasions.
Blackfriars Café Bar is located in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.
www.newcastleairportfan.co.uk /eating_in_newcastle.htm   (310 words)

  
 Vacation in Newcastle | Adventure Travel Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
by Maria Williams Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.
This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.
www.wishtotravel.com /europe/2006/01/vacation_in_newcastle.html   (1302 words)

  
 NORTHERN ARCHITECTURE - HISTORY
The four original subscribers to the company were the Newcastle Architecture Workshop, the Northern Branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Northern Architectural Association and the Centre for the Built Environment (the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumbria University).
These four separate bodies each had their own history – the Newcastle Architecture Workshop was created in 1977, the first body of its kind in the UK, dedicated to helping communities schools and colleges make positive changes to their own environment.
Operating as Northern Architecture the company was based in the premises leased by Newcastle Architecture Workshop from Newcastle City Council in the 13th century cloister of Blackfriars, in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne.
www.north.org.uk /history.html   (2373 words)

  
 An Introduction to The Historic Environment Section
That the Inventor of the Windscreen Wiper was born in Newcastle?
A new leaflet promoting Blackfriars and the surrounding area has just been launched and is available at Newcastle Tourist Information Centres amongst other places.
The Sitelines Project is the result of a two-year partnership, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, between Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear Museums and Newcastle City Council.
www.newcastle.gov.uk /hes.nsf/a/introindex?opendocument   (289 words)

  
 Restaurants in Newcastle restaurants, eating out, places to eat in Newcastle restaurant guide UK
Restaurants in Newcastle restaurants, eating out, places to eat in Newcastle restaurant guide UK advanced search
Chinese food is rich, tasty, fast and nutritious and on Newcastle’s Stowell Street — right next to the Great Wall (or at least old city wall) — you have plenty of choice.
Blackfriars Restaurant has opened its newly refurbished medieval Guest Hall with seating for up to 50 diners.
www.sugarvine.com /Newcastle/index.asp   (594 words)

  
 Newcastle upon Tyne - Guide to Newcastle.
The concept is simple - just click on a location on one of our maps, or choose a thumbnail to view locations throughout the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in 'wrap around' immersive reality.
Historically people from Newcastle have been known formally, especially by outsiders as Novocastrians.
Newcastle has a reputation of being a fun-loving city with many bars, restaurants and night clubs.
www.vrnewcastle.co.uk   (379 words)

  
 North by Northern Architecture
Supported exhibition at the University of Newcastle of fl and white photographs by Helen Binet and models depicting architectural details and spatial planning of the House of Culture in Helsinki designed by Alvar Aalto in 1958.
The NAA lecture series is organised by representatives of the Northern Architectural Association, University of Newcastle, University of Northumbria and Northern Architecture.
During this time Tod took a square mile of Newcastle and Gateshead centre on the Tyne Bridge and transformed it into a 16x8ft supergraphic painting that put a unique futuristic spin on the architecture and built environment.
www.north.org.uk /archive.htm   (2163 words)

  
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 Tod Hanson & Gateshead schools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The idea for creating this model of the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside began in January 2001 when Gateshead Secondary School teachers had the opportunity to meet artist Tod Hanson to discuss his painting Untitled, 2001 (also on show in this exhibition).
Tod's epic work was produced during a three month Year of the Artist residency with Northern Architecture at Blackfriars, Newcastle.
Taking the same geographical area of the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside as Tod, the Gateshead Secondary Schools divided this area into 11 equal sections.
www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk /tod_hanson_&_gateshead_sch.htm   (411 words)

  
 Photographs Of Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle Breweries were once a huge company here in Newcastle that employed thousands of people and they occupied large areas of land around St James Park.
For whatever reason the company has slowly pulled out of Newcastle in recent years and the last nail in the coffin, so to speak, was the moving of production and bottling of Newcastle Brown Ale over the river Tyne to the Dunston Federation Brewery.
The deal meant 14.4 acres of the site have now passed from Scottish & Newcastle Breweries to Newcastle City Council, One NorthEast and Newcastle University who have pledged to use Science City status to enhance the region’s growing reputation for pioneering scientific research and as a key location for knowledge based business.
newcastlephotos.blogspot.com   (249 words)

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