Newcastle, Town Moor, gallows

HER Number:
6509

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Town Moor, gallows

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Execution Site

Site Type: Specific:
Gallows

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Criminals were taken along Gallowgate to the gallows on the Town Moor (Castle Leazes HER 1358) near Fenham Barracks (HER 4093), where between 1650 and 1829 44 people were executed. The last execution on the Town Moor was on Friday 23 August 1844 when Mark Sherwood was nahged for the murder of his wife Ann.

Easting:
237

Northing:
649

Grid Reference:
NZ237649

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 22; P Winter, D Milne, J Brown, A Rushworth, 1989, Northern Heritage - Newcastle upon Tyne, p 116; Rob Kirkup, 2009, Ghostly Tyne and Wear, pages 100-102; Nigel Green, 2009, Tough Times & Grisly Crimes, pages 3 - 5