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Whilst the early modern period has long been recognized as witnessing a growth in trade and consumerism, the majority of studies to date have tended to focus upon London and southern England. In order to provide a more balanced understanding of the dynamics at work on a national level, this book explores the local economy and waterborne trades of Newcastle and the River Tyne, in North East England. Drawing upon a variety of primary sources - including parish records, probate inventories, Newcastle Exchequer port books and the previously unpublished diary of an apprentice hostman - none of which have been examined previously in this context, the study adds significantly to our understanding of the growing community in North East England. In particular, it underlines the expansion of a thriving middling class with an associated culture of consumption driving a rapid increase in the import, and often re-export of a wide range of luxury items of food, clothing and soft furnishings. As the coal trade and a flourishing general trade with London and other home and overseas ports grew, the book highlights the major impact upon the size and variety of work in the port, and the subsequent increasing size and complexity of the water trades community and its associated business networks.
Contents
Introduction; Chapter 1 Newcastle upon Tyne, the Coal Trade and the Local Economy; Chapter 2 The River Tyne, its Navigability and the Problem of Ballast; Chapter 3 The Water Trades Community of Tyneside; Chapter 4 All Saints: The Growth of a Riverside Parish; Chapter 5 Who Were the Owners? Networks of Working Boat and Ship Ownership; Chapter 6 The Shipping Trade on the River Tyne; Chapter 7 Ralph Jackson on Tyneside, 1749-1756: A Contemporary Perspective; Chapter 8 Conclusions;
