Jesmond Road, Cradle Well

HER Number

11281

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Road, Cradle Well

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Trough

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A stone cradle-shaped trough, after which the Cradlewell Public House was named. It was moved from its original position due to road alterations, firstly to Heaton Park then back to Jesmond Road.

Easting

426070

Northing

565950

Grid Reference

NZ426070565950

Sources

Newcastle Local Studies Library, Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Newcastle, Vol 2, p 55 includes a sketch; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25th December 1903; Alan Morgan, 1998, Bygone Sandyford and Cradlewell