The first recorded settlement in what is now Newcastle was Pons Aelius, a
Roman fort and bridge across the River Tyne and given the family name of the
Roman Emperor Hadrian who founded it in the 2nd century AD. The population of
Pons Aelius at this period was estimated at 2,000. Fragments of Hadrian's Wall
are still visible in parts of Newcastle, particularly along the West Road. The
course of the "Roman Wall" can also be traced eastwards to the
Segedunum Roman fort in Wallsend—the
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