Tuthill Stairs

HER Number

6570

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Tuthill Stairs

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Steps

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Linked The Close (HER 6569) with the upper part of the medieval town. Bourne refers to them as Tudhill-Stairs.. The proper name was Tout-hill, from the touting or winding of a horn when an enemy was at hand.

Easting

424940

Northing

563710

Grid Reference

NZ424940563710

Sources

H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 127; 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, 2001, Bygone West Quayside and the Chares