Newcastle, Blackett Street

HER Number:
6491

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Blackett Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This street follows the line of the early lane that ran outside the Town Wall between the New Gate and the Pilgrim Gate. The town wall was removed in the eighteenth century and the street was improved by Richard Grainger in 1824 and named Blackett Street. It was named after John Erasmus Blackett (1728-1814) Newcastle's mayor in the eighteenth century. The stones from the town wall were said to have been used to build the main sewer in Blackett Street.

Easting:
2460

Northing:
6446

Grid Reference:
NZ24606446

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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; Middlebrook, 1950, Newcastle upon Tyne: Its Growth and Achievements; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p.154