Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank)

HER Number:
6575

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows 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:
Butcher Bank, which linked The Side to Dog Bank, was the location of medieval butcher's shops. They also had shops in Flesher-Rawe.

Easting:
425130

Northing:
563810

Grid Reference:
NZ425130563810

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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'