Low Friar Street, dispensary

HER Number

7694

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Low Friar Street, dispensary

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Dispensary

Site Type: Specific

Dispensary

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

By 1790 the Newcastle Dispensary had moved from Pilgrim Street to Low Friar Street, giving Dispensary Lane its name. In 1893 it moved to Nelson Street.

Easting

424500

Northing

564200

Grid Reference

NZ424500564200

Sources

Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21