Pandon, Fishergate (Pandon)

HER Number

6568

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Pandon, Fishergate (Pandon)

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The medieval layout of Pandon is not clear but it is certain that one street ran south from the bridge end before dividing into two along the lower slopes and foot of the bank called Wallknoll - the lower street was called Fishergate (first referenced 1298-1300). Now called Pandon.

Easting

425380

Northing

564080

Grid Reference

NZ425380564080

Sources

H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 139-42; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North.