Groat Market (Meal Market)

HER Number:
6500

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Groat Market (Meal Market)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Market

Site Type: Specific:
Market

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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.

Easting:
424890

Northing:
564070

Grid Reference:
NZ424890564070

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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