Newcastle, Pilgrim Street, Pilgrims Inn

HER Number:
6517

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Pilgrim Street, Pilgrims Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Guest House

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In the medieval period there was a Pilgrim's Inn in Pilgrim Street, where pilgrims who came to visit St Mary's Chapel in Jesmond stayed. Bourne (1736) reports that the inn was on the west side of the street adjoining the north side of the House of Edward Collingwood, 116 yards from the southernmost corner of Upper Dean Bridge. The inn was holden of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and belonged at that time to Mr James Hargrave. During the reign of Henry VIII the inn was known as St. Cuthbert's Inn. It was demolished c.1777 and thick ancient walls were discovered.

Easting:
249

Northing:
644

Grid Reference:
NZ249644

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
W. Gray, 1649, Chorographia, p 19; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 81; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland