Cordwainers Company Hall, High Bridge,
Cordwainers Company Hall, High Bridge,
HER Number
6526
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cordwainers Company Hall, High Bridge,
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Guildhall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In 1794 the Cordwainers Company built their stone-fronted hall on the north side of High Bridge.
Easting
424800
Northing
564100
Grid Reference
NZ424800564100
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; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 55; W.H.D Longstaffe, 1857, Local Muniments, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol 1, pp 23-44.