Newcastle, Cross Well

HER Number:
1424

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, 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:
C13

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:
25

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ2564

Lats/Lons:

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