River Tyne ford
River Tyne ford
HER Number
1295
District
Newcastle
Site Name
River Tyne ford
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Ford
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
One or more fords existed across the Tyne at Newburn, which has been described as "the lowest safe fording point on the Tyne (near) the head of the tideway". In the Middle Ages and later the Scots tended to invade England by crossing the Tyne at Newburn. King David led an army of 15,000 to Durham to fight at Neville's Cross in 1346; the Scots army crossed here during the battle of Newburn in 1640. The precise location of the fords is not known.
Easting
416000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ416000565000
Sources
<< HER 1295 >> J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 3rd ed., 121
C.S. Terry, 1899, The Visits of Charles I to Newcastle... 2, Archaeologia Aeliana, XXI, 98
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1910, Newburn, 3, IV (for 1909-10), 54
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 136-8
N. Pevsner, rev. various 1992, Northumberland, Buildings of England, 405
C.S. Terry, 1899, The Visits of Charles I to Newcastle... 2, Archaeologia Aeliana, XXI, 98
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1910, Newburn, 3, IV (for 1909-10), 54
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 136-8
N. Pevsner, rev. various 1992, Northumberland, Buildings of England, 405