Quayside, Grindon Chare

HER Number

10497

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Quayside, Grindon Chare

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Alley

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There were no minor streets or chares running off the Quayside before 1376, although the word "Key" is used four times from 1332 to 1366. From Sandhill to Sandgate there were 20 chares which survived until the mid C19. Most were so narrow that two people could not walk abreast. Their date of origin is unknown, earliest reference is C14. Peacock Chare is today Customs House Yard.

Easting

425290

Northing

563860

Grid Reference

NZ425290563860

Sources

Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XIV, pp 214-18; Surtees Society 38, pages 68-70; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeology and Development in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; W. Collard and M. Ross, 1842, Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne; J. and J. Leslie, 2002, Bygone Quayside and the Chares