Middle Street, Scot's Inn

Middle Street, Scot's Inn

HER Number
6596
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Middle Street, Scot's Inn
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Middle Street lay in-between Cloth Market and Groat Market. It was divided into three sections - Skinnergate at the top, Spurriergate in the middle and Sadlergate at the bottom. In Middle Street, according to Gray, there was an ancient house with a large gate, called the Scots Inn, where the "Kings Nobility and Lards of Scots lodged in time of Truce or League with Engalnd".
Easting
424800
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424800564000
Sources
W. Gray, 1649, Chorographia, pp 18-19; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 53.