Durant Road & Ellison Place
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Durant Road & Ellison Place by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
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Durant Road & Ellison Place
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 24 Jan 2010
Ellison Place was named after Cuthbert Ellison, Sheriff of Newcastle in 1544 and Mayor in 1549 and 1554. No. 1 Ellison Place was used as accommodation of visiting judges in 1866 and became the City's second Mansion House in 1886. No. 6 Ellison Place was the home of William Boutland Wilkinson (1819 - 1892) who was the inventor of reinforced-concrete building (using wire ropes to bind the concrete). A reinforced-concrete cottage was in this location until the 1950s. On the right, over the car park, is MEA House, built in 1974 using similar technology Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.976101
Longitude
-1.608614