Tyne and Wear HER(6570): Newcastle, Tuthill Stairs - Details
6570
Newcastle
Newcastle, Tuthill Stairs
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road
Medieval
Structure
Linked The Close (HER 6569) with the upper part of the medieval town. Bourne refers to them as Tudhill-Stairs.. The proper name was Tout-hill, from the touting or winding of a horn when an enemy was at hand.
2494
6371
NZ24946371
H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 127; 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, 2001, Bygone West Quayside and the Chares