Low Friar Street

Low Friar Street

HER Number
6505
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Low Friar Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Linked Westgate with Newgate Street.
Easting
424450
Northing
564040
Grid Reference
NZ424450564040
Sources
D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 29; Graeme Young, 2006, Excavations carroed out at Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997-2000, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol. 35 (2006), pp 49-82