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Tuthill Stairs, The Close, Newcastle upon Tyne


6570


Newcastle


Tuthill Stairs


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Transport


Pedestrian Transport Site


Steps


MEDIEVAL


Medieval 1066 to 1540


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.


424940


563710


NZ424940563710



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

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