Tynemouth Road, Governor's Tree

HER Number

17297

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Road, Governor's Tree

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Feature

Site Type: Specific

Natural Feature

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Tudor 1485 to 1603

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633.

Easting

436170

Northing

568950

Grid Reference

NZ436170568950

Sources

http://openplaques.org/plaques/12116; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2659478/Can-tell-whats-wrong-Council-needs-history-lesson-installing-blue-plaque-commemorating-Charles-Is-visit-one-glaring-error.html