Newcastle, Pilgrim Street

HER Number:
6490

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Pilgrim Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Pilgrim Street could be the oldest road in Newcastle. Its name is connected with the pilgrims who passed along it and through the Pilgrim Gate in the town walls, to visit St. Mary's Chapel in Jesmond. A Pilgrim's Inn provided them with accomodation. The street held a market for wheat and rye in the seventeenth century on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Easting:
2495

Northing:
6446

Grid Reference:
NZ24956446

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
W. Gray, 1649, Chorographia; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 141; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 27; Newcastle City Libraries, 1986, Gone but not forgotten 7 - Shops and Shopping, 9; R & M, 2006, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historical Assessment