Tyne and Wear HER(6575): Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank) - Details
6575
Newcastle
Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank)
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road
MEDIEVAL
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Documentary Evidence
Butcher Bank, which linked The Side to Dog Bank, was the location of medieval butcher's shops. They also had shops in Flesher-Rawe.
425130
563810
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H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 123; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 31; Newcastle Journal Saturday 30 June 1860, p 5, 'The Original Quay of Newcastle'