holy jesus hospital working office newcastle england care site hospital use years helping townspeople site thirteenth century housing retired soup kitchen built nineteenth century site acquired current function working office building serves basis project takes people ages countryside order increase appreciation city natural surroundings building architectural interest retains architectural elements previous centuries including 14th century wall 16th century tower connected intact 17th century brick buildings survive city house 13th century newcastle population difficult parish churches care needs large population priests expected doctors meeting spiritual needs land donated found land museum stands originally order northern italy pope single body order spread france england invited 6th earl found suffolk september able obtain writ protection king clothed black observed rule england helped preaching healing community house main roads north day king edward passed newcastle december received shillings king granted monastery additional lands burial ground directed city issue proclamation dumping waste near site apparently local people threw garbage certain way led near house great annoyance possible site english kings later use temporary seat 18th century historian wrote site kings england conquest kept house came scotland suppression monasteries magazine store house suggests use site religious centre wrote authority tells ancient founded kings northumberland buried true built thing came england till long conquest year seized crown area including dominican monastery time capture seven including prior monks received took jobs priests accommodation parish good birth returned families bells lead plate turned crown building lands sold lesser gentry new nobility town merchants borough corporations time dissolution prior asked site left intact dissolution northern headquarters sitting york rarely purpose elizabeth decreed council spend days year appears site granted 1st duke northumberland parcel occurs keeper house crown fee map city site appears kings dilapidated confused period english civil war passed hands corporation area known short lived counterpart famous king manor york military drills performed townspeople area called artillery ground remains wall model interpretation room gives possible layout buildings tower tower constructed dissolution exact date known probably constructed strong room store munitions provide secure location city walls breached turned ground floor room lock troublesome citizens thrown came law punished tower changed wall right door 13th century dividing wall including door 18th century private ownership tower buildings given 1st earl year home knight received quotes sources saying hospital king james took lead sold cast away came market home consolidated lands given free parliament site home acquired patronage king including manor home died london male heir extinct captain owner land wrote sold stones sir built south end fine house belongs right site disappears historical record recorded owned council hospital built public subscription house retired unmarried sons daughters hospital commonly known local people freeman hospital town hospital march building incorporated master sisters hospital holy jesus mayor appointed visitors charged setting rules hospital shortly founders bought garden close estate estate master hospital settled properties building constructed brick construction relatively new method brick usually timber framed buildings structure 17th century brick buildings newcastle nearby house street allocated room meet committee criteria admitted master rules remained use new hospital built towers strict rules governed inmates including locked rooms having doors unlocked children allowed inmates instructed attend church week year residents given free suit clothing measure coal charity allowed pocket money master house man named merchant trade master seal cross engraved bore words original inmates hospital shillings quarterly master shillings january council decreed coal given hospital annually december master required paid sister early 19th century increased best providing clothing addition inmates required mayor quarter grievances heard inmates receive money charities called money inmates commissioned produce purple grey cloth uniforms inscription latin building roughly translated reads hospital poor people expense citizens leaders newcastle year salvation built mayor remains faith hope charity greatest charity council allowed build hall east site agreement given march plot land leased barber condition constructed hall years site laid garden medicinal herbs second hall built disappeared railway 1840s aged preferred hospital march mayor common council newcastle ordered candidates produce certificates prove respective ages filed town clerk office nineteenth century modern site heavily enclosed modern constructions particularly roundabout portrays open space soup kitchen built replacing police station hospital west public subscription soup poor soup free cost half people donated number tickets people believed qualified poor victorian times unable work winter months individuals classed poverty deemed caused alcoholism recent article suggested soup provided kitchen highly kitchen open december march seven days week weather permitting advertisements placed local newspapers donations kitchen donations pay kitchen staff buy provisions soup names prominent contributors listed newspapers annual receipts expenditures published press kitchen run committee prominent including banker customer services administrator described kitchen looked like following way people wanting soup came inch wide brick lined corridor time served copper boilers floor building storage raw materials weighed hoisted making gallons soup time people building committee discharged prisoner aid society asked use building use discharged female prison square laundry work society continued use purpose turn century city road built lawn hospital soup kitchen closed building leased pork butcher thompson alterations building presumably separate business laundry operated site producing industrial domestic chemicals filing aid boxes moved bank council decided hospital longer fit house people area new hospital built building original fixtures moved new site time peoples kitchen 19th century soup kitchen inspired people kitchen 20th century charity organization dedicated helping newcastle homeless people kitchen founded year old moved help homeless finding unidentified man dead bush newcastle held friendship picnic attended homeless men delivered tea prepared kitchen police social services inaugurated people kitchen occupying temporary premises people hospital moved headquarters newcastle clothing equipment homeless museum late 1960s looking museums newcastle thought fact building stood decades meant condition building suffered greatly restoration cost money coming new roof needed restoration original fabric building door frames doors walls floor lost opened time soup joined floor rooms teaching history newcastle roman period present date period rooms illustrating living styles early stuart late victorian periods collection donated businessman owner mining company ltd museum named prominent donor tower hospital makers displays second floors makers sword makers germany settled durham soup kitchen mainly victorian children dressed taught victorian children audio visual presentations illustrated flood great fire museum devoted 15th 19th regiments king museum location combined city roads system access museum difficult little visited museum closed artifacts taken included knight 15th century found wall outside tower centre august spent building funds restoration site came project running east end newcastle working young people 50s taking countryside needed central office expand work inner city areas year lease negotiated council site features touch screens models help teach people site history helping townspeople book remains distant times criticizes believes lack interest operating urban environments praises step wrote occasional ventures frequent mention communications merely serve type trust report argues aim introducing town countryside respectful suggestion person person employed objective raising people understanding confidence ability visit enjoy encounter city collins cite research suggesting scheme effective promoting social inclusion note project limited funds available notable visitors site princess daughter spent days journey north marry scotland 4th duke norfolk stayed result spent materials repairs walls pointed roof lead laid broken windows repaired chimney rebuilt dining chamber great hall enlarged doors cut wall construction new stone window materials purchased included bricks considerable glass norfolk imprisoned years later elizabeth plotting marry mary queen scots sweden visited great hall hung borrowed visit
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