Gateshead, medieval bakehouses
Gateshead, medieval bakehouses
HER Number
5640
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, medieval bakehouses
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Bakehouse
Site Type: Specific
Bakehouse
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Boldon Book of 1183 (a survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) describes Gateshead as having mills, fisheries and bakehouses, with surrounding arable land. Cereals were obviously brought into Gateshead from the surrounding countryside and the town was, like Durham and Darlington, a milling and baking centre for the bishopric. The specific locations of the bakehouses are not known.
Easting
425000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ425000563000
Sources
<< HER 5640 >> 1183, Boldon Book
D. Austin, (ed) 1982, The Boldon Book, Northumberland and Durham, p 11; F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, pp 4 and 7-8
D. Austin, (ed) 1982, The Boldon Book, Northumberland and Durham, p 11; F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, pp 4 and 7-8