Tyne and Wear HER(6500): Newcastle, Groat Market (Meal Market) - Details
6500
Newcastle
Newcastle, Groat Market (Meal Market)
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Market
Medieval
Structure
Its east side was destroyed for the new Town Hall and Exchange in 1855 and in the early 1960s a large section on the west side was cleared for Thomson House. Groats were a cereal; they were oats with the husks removed or the grains crushed and were used to feed humans and animals.
2489
6407
NZ24896407
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 52; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 55