Tyne and Wear HER(6570): Tuthill Stairs - Details
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
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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