Tynemouth
the chief wateringplace of Northumberland, England; 9 miles E. of Newcastle, occupies the angle formed by the line of the coast and the Tyne. Edwin, King of Northumbria, is said to have founded here, about 627, a church of wood, wherein his daughter Rosella took the veil. King Oswald rebuilt it of stone about 640, and probably established the monastery, which in the TYNG TYPE-SETTING MACHINES geois, long primer, small pica, pica, Eng lish. The different sizes are now, however, named by the "point" system, as 5point, 5/2-point, 6-point, etc. Types are made by casting (which is now done by machinery), y), the letter being first cut on the end of a steel punch, and the punch then driven into a piece of copper, which forms the matrix or bottom of the mold intended to produce the letter. A fount or font is a complete assortment of any given kind of type, the number of each letter being in proportion to the frequence of its occurrence in printed matter, thus: succeeding centuries suffered much from the hands of the Danes. It was refounded in 1090 by Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland. The monastic buildings were dismantled at the dissolution in 1539. The remains of the priory are chiefly those of the church, which was built about 1100 and enlarged about 1220.
The chancel, whose E. and S. walls are still standing, is one of the most exquisitely light and graceful specimens of Early English architecture in the country. The Lady Chapel, a chantry of the Percies, was founded toward the close of the 14th century. Tynemouth castle was built about 1296. All that remains of it now is the great gateway of 14th-century date. Tynemouth is a clean, healthy town, with several good streets and terraces. A wide road extends to Cullercoats called the Grand Parade. The g. sands are nearly a mile long, and the Permian cliffs are very picturesque. Pop.j about 60,000.