Westgate Road, Lunatic Asylum

HER Number

6343

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, Lunatic Asylum

Place

Fenham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Hospital

Site Type: Specific

Psychiatric Hospital

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.

Easting

422930

Northing

564570

Grid Reference

NZ422930564570

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map; CgMs Consulting, 2010, The campus for ageing and vitality and Tesco food store, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Statement