Westgate Road, Spital Alms House
Westgate Road, Spital Alms House
HER Number
1492
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Spital Alms House
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Almshouse
Site Type: Specific
Almshouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Elizabethan 1558 to 1603
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
On Bourne's map of Newcastle a building on the south side of Westgate Road nearly opposite St. John's church, is described as "An Alms House". Brand called this Spital Alms House, mentioned in a document of 1592, and reported that "it was pulled down not many years ago". There is some doubt as to whether this was an institution distinct from the Hospital of St. Mary the Virgin.
Easting
424700
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424700564000
Sources
<< HER 1492 >> H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, frontispiece
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. I, 105
E. Mackenzie, 1827, Newcastle 144-5
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. I, 105
E. Mackenzie, 1827, Newcastle 144-5