Forth Banks
Introduction
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Forth Banks
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 30 Nov 2010
The name 'Forth' is derived from 'Frith', meaning a pasture or shaded place. This refers to an area just outside the Town Walls which was used for recreation in the mid-C16th. It was bounded to the west by the Skinner Burn and was the site of Newcastle's first hospital or Infirmary which opened in 1751 http://research.ncl.ac.uk/nsa/tl1.htm Although now completely underground, the Skinner Burn is still remembered by Skinnerburn Road which joins the bottom of Forth Banks on the right. There is an interesting photo on this site from 1978 showing the Metro Bridge being built over Forth Banks Image and a more recent one from further down the hill here Image There is a c1900 photo of Forth Banks here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4081787082/
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Image Location
Latitude
54.966154
Longitude
-1.617457