Rosemary Lane, common gutter

HER Number

6548

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Rosemary Lane, common gutter

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Watercourse

Site Type: Specific

Drain

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Common Gutter formed a boundary between houses fronting onto Westgate and houses fronting onto Iron Market south of Denton Chare. Was it the Esley Burn? Bourne and Welford mentions a waste in St John's Chare or Rosemary Lane, which belonged to the nuns of St Bartholomew (HER 1431-2), which was bordered on the west by the Common Gutter and on the north by the chantery lands.

Easting

424740

Northing

564040

Grid Reference

NZ424740564040

Sources

H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 52; Welford, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, II, pp 493-5