The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Health & Ageing

Holy Jesus Hospital, City Road, Newcastle. The hospital opened in 1682 on the site of a 13th century Augustinian friary, as an almshouse for retired freemen and their families. It has also been a museum, and is now the home of the National Trust's Inner City Project.

Image: John Blenkinsopp 2008. (CC BY-NC)
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