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| Belle Grove House | Belle Grove House | Mr Wm Magall | between the Leazes and | This Mansion was formerly known as | ||
| (Lunatic Asylum) | Bellegrove House | Mr Hunter | the Town Moor North | Bellegrove Retreat and was the Villa of | ||
| Bellegrove House | Mr Wm Bainbridge | of the Barracks | a gentleman, but since 1766 has been a | |||
| (Lunatic Asylum) | private asylum for patients of respect- | |||||
| -ability only, afflicted with mental | ||||||
| derangement. The accommodations for | ||||||
| both sexes are very comfortable and the | ||||||
| establishment is conducted on the most | ||||||
| humane and judicious principles and | ||||||
| is supported by sums paid for by the inmates | ||||||
| Spital Tongues Colliery | Spital-tongues Colliery | Mr Wm Magall | about 9 chains N | An extensive colliery with all necessary | ||
| Spital-tongues Colliery | Mr Wm Hunter | W. of Bellegrove House | accommodations engines pump workshops & | |||
| Spital-tongues Colliery | Mr Wm Bainbridge | yards attached the depth of the shaft is | ||||
| about 60 fathoms there is a tunnel from this | ||||||
| colliery to the river Tyne in the direction of | ||||||
| Barras Bridge by which the coals are conveyed | ||||||
| Felix Gillespie CA |
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