Sussex Street

HER Number

15056

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Sussex Street

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Structure

Description

Laid out after Forth Street (1811) but before Thomas Oliver's map of 1830. In existence by 1827. The name suggests an expression of loyalty to the ruling dynasty. The Duke of Sussex visited Newcastle in August 1822.

Easting

424650

Northing

563780

Grid Reference

NZ424650563780

Sources

PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; J Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol 2