Newcastle, Dog Bank

HER Number:
6565

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Dog Bank

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
One of the minor medieval streets linking the three main routes through the town. Street around the south edge of All Saints churchyard. Bourne confuses the situation by also calling it Silver Street (the later name for All Saints Street).

Easting:
2525

Northing:
6398

Grid Reference:
NZ25256398

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 108; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; Jack and John Leslie, 2002, Bygone Quayside and the Chares; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 129