10 Pilgrim Street, cistern-heads

HER Number

6516

District

Newcastle

Site Name

10 Pilgrim Street, cistern-heads

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Cistern

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Two leaden cistern-heads, with the letters MM and date 1790, were found at No. 10 Pilgrim Street and sent to the melting pot.

Easting

424900

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ424900564400

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (3) I (1905), p 94