Gateshead Fell, Chill Well

HER Number

708

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead Fell, Chill Well

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Binnall & Dodds (1947) quote, amongst others, a reference in the Northumberland Assize Rolls (1279), as evidence for The Chill Well on Gateshead Fell, "where the king's justices in eyre met the lords of the franchises of Durham, Hexhamshire, Tyndale and Redesdale, who claimed freedom from his jurisdiction. The well was used as a convenient landmark, but does not seem to have been considered holy.

Easting

426317

Northing

562943

Grid Reference

NZ426317562943

Sources

<< HER 708 >> Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82