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Gateshead is a town and municipal borough in north-east [[England]], on the south bank of the [[River Tyne]] opposite [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which is connected by several bridges. Gateshead has a long history, being mentioned by [[Bede]] (as ''ad caput caprae'', 'at the headland of the goats') but has always been overshadowed by its northern neighbour. Newcastle's lordship over the River Tyne up to 1850 curtailed the ability of other riverside settlements, including Gateshead, to grow.

Gateshead is a town and municipal borough in north-east [[England]], on the south bank of the [[River Tyne]] opposite [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which is connected by several bridges. Its population is 191,000.

 

Gateshead has a long history, being mentioned by [[Bede]] (as ''ad caput caprae'', 'at the headland of the goats') but has always been overshadowed by its northern neighbour. Newcastle's lordship over the River Tyne up to 1850 curtailed the ability of other riverside settlements, including Gateshead, to grow.

The town began to expand in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The main industries were the mining of coal, the manufacture of rope (for shipping and mining purposes), chemicals manufacture, and the manufacture and maintenance of railway locomotives at the [[North Eastern Railway]]'s works. In the early twentieth century the NER works was transferred to [[Darlington]] and local mining was in sharp decline. Gateshead entered upon a century of economic depression.

The town began to expand in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The main industries were the mining of coal, the manufacture of rope (for shipping and mining purposes), chemicals manufacture, and the manufacture and maintenance of railway locomotives at the [[North Eastern Railway]]'s works. In the early twentieth century the NER works was transferred to [[Darlington]] and local mining was in sharp decline. Gateshead entered upon a century of economic depression.