Dog Bank

HER Number

6565

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dog Bank

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

One of the minor medieval streets linking the three main routes through the town. Street around the south edge of All Saints churchyard. Bourne confuses the situation by also calling it Silver Street (the later name for All Saints Street).

Easting

425250

Northing

563980

Grid Reference

NZ425250563980

Sources

H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 108; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; Jack and John Leslie, 2002, Bygone Quayside and the Chares; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 129