Richard Grainger

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Richard Grainger was a builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked together with the architect John Dobson and the town clerk, John Clayton, to redevelop the centre of Newcastle in the 19th century. Grainger Street and the Grainger Market are named after him; sometimes the whole area of Newcastle developed in the Neoclassical style around Grey Street and Grainger Street is known as Grainger Town.