St. Mary's Well
St. Mary's Well
HER Number
707
District
Gateshead
Site Name
St. Mary's Well
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A single mention of this well has been recorded: "a tenement bounded on the south by a spring called St. Marywell" (1403).
Easting
425000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ425000563000
Sources
<< HER 707 >> R. Welford, 1884, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, I, p. 236
Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82
Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82