Newcastle, The Close, Javel Groupe

HER Number:
10437

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, The Close, Javel Groupe

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road

Site Type: Specific:
Alley

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
On the south side of The Close was Javel Groop (Javelgrippe 1425, le Gaoell-Grype 1505, Jayvelgraye 1566 and Jayle Groupe 1590). Javel derives from "gavell" referring to the gaol in the Castle Keep, gripe or group means drain or channel. There was a plot of waste land in The Close in the angle formed by the east side of Javel Groop, called Ald Javell in 1425.

Easting:
2507

Northing:
6374

Grid Reference:
NZ25076374

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 126-7; J. Slade's notes on The Close (held by HER); North Country Lore & Legend, Vol 3, p 351; Welford, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, Vol 1; CP Graves and DH Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne - The Eye of the North, An Archaeological Assessment, p 115; J. Brand, 1890, Town and Country of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 2, pp 311-61 and 369-73