Newcastle town wall, postern of BVM Hospital
Newcastle town wall, postern of BVM Hospital
HER Number
1519
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, postern of BVM Hospital
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Town Defences
Site Type: Specific
Town Wall
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
By 1290 the foundations of the town wall had been begun through the grounds of the Hospital, so cutting it off from some of its buildings. The brethren thereupon petitioned the king to grant them permission to have a postern through the wall. Oliver's map of 1830 shows two small breaks in the wall, one on each side of West Spital Tower, but it is uncertain which (if either) was the Hospital's postern.
Easting
424720
Northing
563850
Grid Reference
NZ424720563850
Sources
<< HER 1519 >> Cal Pat Rolls, 1281-1292 388
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 71
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle,109 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
W.H. Knowles, 1892, The Hospital of St. Mary the Virgin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XV, 195
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle, pl. xviii
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 71
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle,109 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
W.H. Knowles, 1892, The Hospital of St. Mary the Virgin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XV, 195
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle, pl. xviii