Life on the Tyne. Water trades on the lower River Tyne in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A reappraisal

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See also the writer's doctoral thesis, 'Water Trades on the Lower River Tyne in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', Newcastle University, 2011. Deals with water trades community / networks, especially those involved in the transport of coal from land to colliers and the intermediaries - hostmen. As well as dealing with distribution of coal also covers shipbuilding, shipping and the port of Newcastle. Chapters include: 'Newcastle upon Tyne, the coal trade and the local economy'; 'The River Tyne, its navigability and the problem of ballast'; 'The water trades community of Tyneside'; 'All Saints - the growth of a riverside parish'; 'Who were the owners? Networks of working boat and ship ownership'; 'The shipping trade on the River Tyne'; 'Ralph Jackson on Tyneside, 1749-1756 - a contemporary perspective'