Yewsebridge (Ouse Bridge)
Yewsebridge (Ouse Bridge)
HER Number
1311
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Yewsebridge (Ouse Bridge)
Place
Woolsington
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The description of the boundaries of Newburn manor in 1613 included reference to "the stone bridge called Yewsebridge in the way leading from Pontisland to Newcastle...". The present bridge is 20th century, but that of 1613 was probably medieval in origin.
Easting
419630
Northing
569980
Grid Reference
NZ419630569980
Sources
<< HER 1311 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 135