Town Moor, gallows

Town Moor, gallows

HER Number
6509
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Town Moor, gallows
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
Site Type: Specific
Gallows
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
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 hanged for the murder of his wife Ann.
Easting
423850
Northing
564900
Grid Reference
NZ423850564900
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