Retirement Properties Spotlight in Jesmond

Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Newcastle was once a Roman fort on Hadrian's wall and its name comes from the 'new' castle built by the Normans in the 11th century. Before then Monkchester was settled by a community of monks and the town grew in prosperity in the middle ages through its position on the Tyne and trade with the rest of Britain. However it was in the 19th century that the town seriously expanded with the further development of shipbuilding and heavy engineering during the industrial revolution.