Broad Chare

HER Number

6638

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Broad Chare

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

Structure

Description

le Bradechare (1346), Brad Cher (1366), Brodechere (1378), Bradchare (1430), le Bradchare (1451), le Brodchear (1520), Brode Chaire (1558). Off Broad Chare was Stonye Hyll (1562).

Easting

425350

Northing

564030

Grid Reference

NZ425350564030

Sources

B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Archaeology and Development in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries and Art, 1992, Whats in a Name? Some Newcastle street names explained; C. O' Brien, L. Brown, S. Dixon, L. Donel, L. Gidney, J.P Huntley, R. Nicholson and P. Walton, 1989, Excavations at Newcastle Quayside: the Crown Courts'; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 123; Newcastle upon Tyne City Libraries & Arts, 1984, Gone…But not Forgotten 7 - Shops and Shopping, 17