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Located on the southern bank of the River Tyne, little is known about the origins of Gateshead. Always overshadowed by Newcastle, it is thought to have been a minor settlement of little importance, probably a base camp which grew around the gates to the main fort on the southern side of the bridge built by the Romans. Real growth appears not to have started until the establishment of the Norman Bishops of Durham in 1072, when much of the local forestry was used as a hunting reserve. In the Boldon Book survey of 1183, Gateshead is listed as having watermills, salmon fisheries and bake-houses, no longer completely dependent on agriculture.
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