Cross Well
Cross Well
HER Number
1424
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cross Well
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
If one may assume that Crosswellgate was named after the Cross Well then the well was situated in Pandon and dated from c.1240-50 or earlier. A more precise location cannot be fixed. Edward I granted the well to the Carmelites, causing a public outcry, and in 1278 it was agreed that the friars could have only a third of it for their private use. In 1351 "a certain spring called Crossewell" was granted by Peter Graper, burgess, to the Austin friars.
Easting
425000
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ425000564000
Sources
<< HER 1424 >> H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, 142
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 142
A.M. Oliver, 1924, Early Newcastle Deeds, Surtees Society,137, no. 191 p. 120
A.M. Oliver, 1929, Northumberland and Durham Deeds, p. 83
B. Harbottle & P. Clack in D.W. Harding, ed., 1976, Archaeology in the North, p. 119
C.M. Fraser, 1961, Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Surtees Society, 176, pp. 110-111
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 142
A.M. Oliver, 1924, Early Newcastle Deeds, Surtees Society,137, no. 191 p. 120
A.M. Oliver, 1929, Northumberland and Durham Deeds, p. 83
B. Harbottle & P. Clack in D.W. Harding, ed., 1976, Archaeology in the North, p. 119
C.M. Fraser, 1961, Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Surtees Society, 176, pp. 110-111