How did Nobbys get its name?

By Damon Cronshaw
May 10 2019 - 10:00am
Back in Time: A Joseph Lycett painting of Newcastle, including Nobbys, around the year 1818. Picture: Newcastle Art Gallery
Back in Time: A Joseph Lycett painting of Newcastle, including Nobbys, around the year 1818. Picture: Newcastle Art Gallery

On this day 249 years ago, Captain James Cook sailed the ship HMS Endeavour past Newcastle.

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