The Side, Cale Cross

HER Number:
6530

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Side, Cale Cross

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cross

Site Type: Specific:
Cross

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Gray described the cross as having columns of hewn stone, covered with lead. On the top of cross was a cistern which held the New-Water. Milk, eggs, cheese and butter were sold here. The street in which the cross was situated was also called Cale Cross, so called because cale or broth was sold there. It is named in documents dating to the reigns of Edward III (1327-77) and Richard II (1377-99) - the account of St. Margaret's Chantry in the Church of St. Nicholas.

Easting:
425200

Northing:
563910

Grid Reference:
NZ425200563910

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 60 and 123; W. Gray, 1649, Chorographia; J. Brand, 1789, The History of Newcastle; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Tyne and Wear Council Council Museum, 1980, The Classical Tradition, p 10