White Cross, pillory

HER Number

6508

District

Newcastle

Site Name

White Cross, pillory

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Legal Site

Site Type: Specific

Pillory

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A pillory stood here. People convicted of minor offences were held here. One woman, Susanah Fleming, was convicted of fortune telling in April 1758. She was pilloried for one hour every quarter for a year.

Easting

424590

Northing

564260

Grid Reference

NZ424590564260

Sources

D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; V. Histon, 2000, Nightmare on Grey Street - Newcastle's Darker Side, p 34.