Hospital Lane

HER Number

11539

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Hospital Lane

Place

Lemington

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A plan of 1767 shows Pigg's Hall on the site of later Union Hall. The lane from the west (now Hospital Lane) was thereafter known as Hogg's or Pigg's Lonnen.

Easting

417100

Northing

565380

Grid Reference

NZ417100565380

Sources

I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25