Meaning of Gateshead | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A town in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England, found upon the southern bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ2562).
2. A metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
3. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, named after the town in England.

Examples

“Of this number, 64 belonged to the above district, including Newcastle, with the addition of Gateshead, which lies on the opposite bank of the Tyne, in the county of Durham; and these afforded 2.13 cases per annum, which, as the population was 213,000, gave one case for every 100,000 inhabitants.”

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