Newburn, stocks and pillory

HER Number

11527

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, stocks and pillory

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Legal Site

Site Type: Specific

Stocks

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A document of 1293 mentions stocks, tumbrel (open cart for carrying prisoners) and pillory at Newburn.

Easting

416000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ416000565000

Sources

C.M. Fraser, 1968, The Northumberland Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 64, No. 148