Keelmans Hospital (Newcastle upon Tyne)
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Photos newcastlephotos.blogspot.com/2007/06/keelmans-hospital....
The almshouses paid for and built in 1701 by the keelmen (boatmen who transported coal on the River Tyne) to house the poor and aged keelmen.
The building is now used as accommodation for students of Northumbria University.
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1682283
The almshouses paid for and built in 1701 by the keelmen (boatmen who transported coal on the River Tyne) to house the poor and aged keelmen.
The building is now used as accommodation for students of Northumbria University.
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1682283
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Coordinates: 54°58'17"N 1°36'8"W
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