Walkergate, field boundary

HER Number

7955

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walkergate, field boundary

Place

Walkergate

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Boundary

Site Type: Specific

Field Boundary

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Field boundary shown on Isaac Thompson's plan of 1745, between "Sore Bellies" to the north and "Calf Close" and "West North Moor" to the south. Not shown on Tithe map of 1843, but reappears on slightly different alignment on Ordnance Survey first edition.

Easting

428060

Northing

566050

Grid Reference

NZ428060566050

Sources

Isaac Thompson, Plan of Walker 1745; Tithe, Walker Township, Long Benton Parish, 1843; Ordnance Survey first edition 1865; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2003, Walkergate Hospital Site, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Evaluation and Monitoring; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Desk Based Assessment of the Historical Background and Archaeological Implications