English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432250
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564480
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Hebburn
Description
Steel tube works shown on 1942 Ordnance Survey plan. Sir John Javis founded a new company Jarrow Metal Industries Ltd and constructed Jarrow Steel Tube Works. Site cleared c2009.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
Steel tube works shown on 1942 Ordnance Survey plan. Sir John Javis founded a new company Jarrow Metal Industries Ltd and constructed Jarrow Steel Tube Works. Site cleared c2009.
Site Name
Hebburn, steel tube works
Site Type: Specific
Tube Mill
HER Number
17213
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Bedewell Industrial Estate, Hebburn, South Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment; http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1938_Jan-Jun:_Index
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564480
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Hebburn
Description
Engineering works shown on 1942 Ordnance Survey plan. Built during the Second World War to produce casings for armour piercing bombs by the Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production. It was managed by Jarrow Metals Industries and used steel rolled in their mill. After the war, Baker Perkins Ltd., a machine manufacturer, leased the site. They converted the factory for civilian use and occupied it until 1999.
Site Type: Broad
Engineering Industry Site
SITEDESC
Engineering works shown on 1942 Ordnance Survey plan. Built during the Second World War to produce casings for armour piercing bombs by the Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production. It was managed by Jarrow Metals Industries and used steel rolled in their mill. After the war, Baker Perkins Ltd., a machine manufacturer, leased the site. They converted the factory for civilian use and occupied it until 1999.
Site Name
Bedewell engineering works
Site Type: Specific
Engineering Works
HER Number
17212
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Bedewell Industrial Estate, Hebburn, South Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment;
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
18
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564500
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Hebburn
Description
Allotments shown on third edition ordnance survey plan 1917. Expanded to the north by the 1942 addition but partially lost to the south due to building of engineering works. Gone by 1970.
Site Type: Broad
Allotment
SITEDESC
Allotments shown on third edition ordnance survey plan 1917. Expanded to the north by the 1942 addition but partially lost to the south due to building of engineering works. Gone by 1970.
Site Name
Hebburn, allotments
Site Type: Specific
Allotment
HER Number
17211
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Bedewell Industrial Estate, Hebburn, South Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment;
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
18
DAY2
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
439138
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556342
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Constructed 1891 for Wilson Mills Roche in red brick influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. Owned by J. W. White, builder in 1914. Sold to the Sisters of Mercy for use as a boarding house from Fred Taylor in 1926. At this point the building underwent extensions to include a dining hall, toilets, bathrooms and dormitories. In 1933 Somerleyton is recorded as being occupied by St Anthony's Convent of Mercy. The School moved into this building in 1939-40. Includes a coachhouse to the north of the building. Much of the layout of the original house has remained in place on all three floors. The majority of change has taken place in the 1926 building but also with the addition of an air raid shelter (now cellar) and kitchen modernisation. Several original features, particularly in the western rooms, survive. These include book shelves, fireplaces, cornicing and panelling.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Constructed 1891 for Wilson Mills Roche in red brick influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. Owned by J. W. White, builder in 1914. Sold to the Sisters of Mercy for use as a boarding house from Fred Taylor in 1926. At this point the building underwent extensions to include a dining hall, toilets, bathrooms and dormitories. In 1933 Somerleyton is recorded as being occupied by St Anthony's Convent of Mercy. The School moved into this building in 1939-40. Includes a coach house to the north of the building. Much of the layout of the original house has remained in place on all three floors. The majority of change has taken place in the 1926 building but also with the addition of an air raid shelter (now cellar) and kitchen modernisation. Several original features, particularly in the western rooms, survive. These include book shelves, fireplaces, cornicing and panelling.
Site Name
Thornhill Terrace, Somerleyton
Site Type: Specific
Villa
HER Number
17210
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Vindomora Solutions, 2015, St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, Thornhill Terrace, Sunderland - Archaeological Building Recording; TWAS Building Control Plans, Thornhill Terrace 1877-1920 291/6772-6802; TWAS Building Control Plans, Thornhill Terrace 1920-1939 291/6803-6824
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2015
YEAR2
2020
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Claire MacRae
Crossref
17208
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
439160
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556240
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Red brick in Flemish bond. Classical style. Constructed in 1889-90 as Holm Lea for Samuel Storey, MP and newspaper proprietor. Sold to George Henry Robinson, draper and sil mercer in 1893-4. Later owned by W.O Wood, Justice of the Peace in 1915-16. In 1933 Holmlea was run as the Grange School (boarding) by Misses Vaux and Preston. It was sold to the Catholic School and renamed Lourdes in 1940. Externally the building has been altered considerably including the removal of its bays on the north and south elevation and the demolition of a small annex on the western end. Internally there are still a number of interesting features such as the design on the stairs newel posts, central arcade and decorated pillars on the main porch. A stained glass window in the central north elevation depicts peace and justice and probably dates to c.1915. A number of other features are likley to exist but are hidden from view by modern obstructions. Structurally the building largely retains its original layout except for the second floor.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Red brick in Flemish bond. Classical style. Constructed in 1889-90 as Holm Lea for Samuel Storey, MP and newspaper proprietor. Sold to George Henry Robinson, draper and sil mercer in 1893-4. Later owned by W.O Wood, Justice of the Peace in 1915-16. In 1933 Holmlea was run as the Grange School (boarding) by Misses Vaux and Preston. It was sold to the Catholic School and renamed Lourdes in 1940. Externally the building has been altered considerably including the removal of its bays on the north and south elevation and the demolition of a small annex on the western end. Internally there are still a number of interesting features such as the design on the stairs newel posts, central arcade and decorated pillars on the main porch. A stained glass window in the central north elevation depicts peace and justice and probably dates to c.1915. A number of other features are likely to exist but are hidden from view by modern obstructions. Structurally the building largely retains its original layout except for the second floor.
Site Name
Thornholme Road, Lourdes (Holmlea)
Site Type: Specific
Villa
HER Number
17209
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Vindomora Solutions, 2015, St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, Thornhill Terrace, Sunderland - Archaeological Building Recording
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Claire MacRae
Crossref
17209
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
439160
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Stable and coach house formally belonging to Holmlea (17209). Constructed of hand made brick in stretcher bond with a slate gabled roof. The lodge was originally a lean-to building on the eastern side of the high stone boundary wall. The southern room was built as a stable for 2-4 horses, with a hayloft overhead. The building has been repaored a couple of times and is suffering from a major ingress of ivy. Recentlry used as a store.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Stable and coach house formally belonging to Holmlea (17209). Constructed of hand made brick in stretcher bond with a slate gabled roof. The lodge was originally a lean-to building on the eastern side of the high stone boundary wall. The southern room was built as a stable for 2-4 horses, with a hayloft overhead. The building has been repaired a couple of times and is suffering from a major ingress of ivy. Recently used as a store.
Site Name
Thornholme Road, South Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Coach House
HER Number
17208
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Vindomora Solutions, 2015, St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, Thornhill Terrace, Sunderland - Archaeological Building Recording
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Very Bad
DAY1
13
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436250
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568640
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
North Shields
Description
This was the Shields Ice and Cold Storage Company, set up around 1901, to provide an ice factory for fishing trawlers and fish salesmen. Soon domestic users were buying ice for their larders. The first subscribers were Richard Irvin, William H Storey, William Purdy jr, Thomas Melrose, Robert Hastie and George Scott. Around 1903 the company began canning haddock. This was not a success, but canned herrings in tomato sauce were. During the First World War the company canned meat, soup and jam for the army. During the 1920s they introduced canned puddings. In 1942 the company was renamed Tyne Brand Products Ltd. In 1958 the founder's son, Richard Irvin retired and the new chairman was Harold Thompson. In 1961 Tyne brand Products took over Lakeland Food Industries. It later also took over Henry Sutton of Great Yarmouth and St Aubin Brand. In 1967 the company was sold to Spillers Ltd, who converted the factory for pet food production. The factory closed in 1976. The buildings have only been partially occupied since then and have fallen into a state of dereliction. The site comprises 7 buildings. Building 1 is three-storeys and of steel framed construction. Steel roof trusses support timber purlins. The roof covering is missing. The external walls are brick. Concrete floor slabs supported by steel beams. Corbel detailing at eaves. Timber lintels above windows. Windows are original timber frames. No glazing remains. Building 2 is 3 storeys with a flat roof. Brick walls, concrete floor. Small sections of random rubble stonework visible in east elevation at low level. Windows have steel frames, timber frames in southern part of east elevation. Vehicle opening in east elevation now blocked up. Building 3 is three storeys, brick walls, hipped slate roof with timber dormer on west pitch. Ridge ventilation. Vehicle loading door in south elevation. Building 4 is 3 storeys and reinforced concrete framed construction. Exposed columns and ring beams visible externally. Reinforced concrete infill panels between the frame. Tank on roof. Dual pitched steel trussed roof construction with asbestos sheets over. Original timber window frames. Windows blocked up with breeze blocks. Steel door in east elevation. Building 5 is 2 storeys. Brick walls. Timber king post trusses, purlins and common rafters. Roof covering missing. Concrete floor. Single storey offshoot to west with timber decked flat roof. Possible part basement. Two steel trusses at southern end of roof where hoist was once present. Timber window frames. Door in west elevation. Goods lift shaft inside. Building 6 is 3 storeys, steel framed construction and steel roof trusses. North facing roof lights. Roof covering missing. Concrete and suspended timber upper floors. Solid concrete ground floor. Steel window frames on upper floors, timber at ground floor. Inside steel columns every 3m. Running north-south through the centre point of the building is a random stone rubble wall, with brick additions where openings have been formed. Cast iron rainwater downpipes and hopper heads. Building 7 is a detached single storey building on Union Road. Brick walls, sand cement render to front elevation. Metal profiled sheet roof covering to dual pitched roof. Timber window frames. Vehicle loading door in north elevation.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
This was the Shields Ice and Cold Storage Company, set up around 1901, to provide an ice factory for fishing trawlers and fish salesmen. Soon domestic users were buying ice for their larders. The first subscribers were Richard Irvin, William H Storey, William Purdy jr, Thomas Melrose, Robert Hastie and George Scott. Around 1903 the company began canning haddock. This was not a success, but canned herrings in tomato sauce were. During the First World War the company canned meat, soup and jam for the army. During the 1920s they introduced canned puddings. In 1942 the company was renamed Tyne Brand Products Ltd. In 1958 the founder's son, Richard Irvin retired and the new chairman was Harold Thompson. In 1961 Tyne brand Products took over Lakeland Food Industries. It later also took over Henry Sutton of Great Yarmouth and St Aubin Brand. In 1967 the company was sold to Spillers Ltd, who converted the factory for pet food production. The factory closed in 1976. The buildings have only been partially occupied since then and have fallen into a state of dereliction. The site comprises 7 buildings. Building 1 is three-storeys and of steel framed construction. Steel roof trusses support timber purlins. The roof covering is missing. The external walls are brick. Concrete floor slabs supported by steel beams. Corbel detailing at eaves. Timber lintels above windows. Windows are original timber frames. No glazing remains. Building 2 is 3 storeys with a flat roof. Brick walls, concrete floor. Small sections of random rubble stonework visible in east elevation at low level. Windows have steel frames, timber frames in southern part of east elevation. Vehicle opening in east elevation now blocked up. Building 3 is three storeys, brick walls, hipped slate roof with timber dormer on west pitch. Ridge ventilation. Vehicle loading door in south elevation. Building 4 is 3 storeys and reinforced concrete framed construction. Exposed columns and ring beams visible externally. Reinforced concrete infill panels between the frame. Tank on roof. Dual pitched steel trussed roof construction with asbestos sheets over. Original timber window frames. Windows blocked up with breeze blocks. Steel door in east elevation. Building 5 is 2 storeys. Brick walls. Timber king post trusses, purlins and common rafters. Roof covering missing. Concrete floor. Single storey offshoot to west with timber decked flat roof. Possible part basement. Two steel trusses at southern end of roof where hoist was once present. Timber window frames. Door in west elevation. Goods lift shaft inside. Building 6 is 3 storeys, steel framed construction and steel roof trusses. North facing roof lights. Roof covering missing. Concrete and suspended timber upper floors. Solid concrete ground floor. Steel window frames on upper floors, timber at ground floor. Inside steel columns every 3m. Running north-south through the centre point of the building is a random stone rubble wall, with brick additions where openings have been formed. Cast iron rainwater downpipes and hopper heads. Building 7 is a detached single storey building on Union Road. Brick walls, sand cement render to front elevation. Metal profiled sheet roof covering to dual pitched roof. Timber window frames. Vehicle loading door in north elevation.
Site Name
Tyne Brand Buildings, Brewhouse Bank
Site Type: Specific
Ice Works
HER Number
17207
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Sources
Capita, June 2015, Tyne Brand Buildings, Union Road, North Shields - Condition Report incorporating Conservation Overview; News Guardian, Friday 11 July 2008 http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/nostalgia/tyne-brand-1901-1-1594744; Tony Henderson, 2013, Factory which was built on when the boats come in, The Journal, Wednesday 18th September 2013, p 26
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1485, 6723, 1477
DAY1
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Newcastle
Description
26-28 Roman coins and 'relics' were found in St. Nicholas churchyard in 1840 (Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 1, Vol 3, appendix). A slab depicting and dedicated to the Mother Goddesses of his homeland overseas, set up by Aurelius Iuvenalis, was built into the wall of Mitchell the printers at St. Nicholas churchyard in 1840 (Spain and Simpson, 1930, p 546). Two coins of Domitius and Commodus were found in Back Row (PSAN 1890). A single coin of Antoninus Pius was found in a trench east of Queen Victoria's statue in St Nicholas Square circa 1903 (PSAN 1922). In 2007 Pre-Construct Archaeology found features of possible Roman date cur into the natural clay between the Cathedral Hall and north transept. A curvilinear feature with rounded terminal, interpreted as a drainage gully, contained a sherd of probable Roman pottery. Another drainage ditch was larger in size. These features were sealed by silty clay which contained two sherds of residual Roman pottery and medieval sherds. Slightly further to the north, two sherds of Roman pottery (C2 and C4) were found in the Cloth Market in 1979 (Ellison 1980, pp 134 and 136). Roman coins reputedly from Carliol Tower were donated to the Society of Antiquaries in 1922 (Donations Book, 25 October 1922). These finds may reflect casual losses on ground travelled over, rather than settled occupation, industry or commerce. Pottery may have come from manuring the arable fields north of the vicus. However the concentration of finds around what would become the Cathedral chuirchyard might suggest the presence of a substantial building or buildings on the postulated road to the north. It is possible that substantial buildings would survive after the construction of Hadrian's Wall to the south. The Matres slab might indicate a shrine or temple outside the official bounds of the fort.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
26-28 Roman coins and 'relics' were found in St. Nicholas churchyard in 1840 (Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 1, Vol 3, appendix). A slab depicting and dedicated to the Mother Goddesses of his homeland overseas, set up by Aurelius Iuvenalis, was built into the wall of Mitchell the printers at St. Nicholas churchyard in 1840 (Spain and Simpson, 1930, p 546). Two coins of Domitius and Commodus were found in Back Row (PSAN 1890). A single coin of Antoninus Pius was found in a trench east of Queen Victoria's statue in St Nicholas Square circa 1903 (PSAN 1922). In 2007 Pre-Construct Archaeology found features of possible Roman date cur into the natural clay between the Cathedral Hall and north transept. A curvilinear feature with rounded terminal, interpreted as a drainage gully, contained a sherd of probable Roman pottery. Another drainage ditch was larger in size. These features were sealed by silty clay which contained two sherds of residual Roman pottery and medieval sherds. Slightly further to the north, two sherds of Roman pottery (C2 and C4) were found in the Cloth Market in 1979 (Ellison 1980, pp 134 and 136). Roman coins reputedly from Carliol Tower were donated to the Society of Antiquaries in 1922 (Donations Book, 25 October 1922). These finds may reflect casual losses on ground travelled over, rather than settled occupation, industry or commerce. Pottery may have come from manuring the arable fields north of the vicus. However the concentration of finds around what would become the Cathedral churchyard might suggest the presence of a substantial building or buildings on the postulated road to the north. It is possible that substantial buildings would survive after the construction of Hadrian's Wall to the south. The Matres slab might indicate a shrine or temple outside the official bounds of the fort.
Site Name
St. Nicholas Cathedral churchyard, Roman buildings
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Stone
HER Number
17206
Form of Evidence
Conjectural Evidence
Sources
C.P Graves and D.H. Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne - the Eye of the North, an archaeological assessment, pp 62-64; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 1, Vol 3, Appendix 'Donations to the Society', 11; Spain and Simpson, 1930, The Roman Wall from Wallsend to Rudchester Burn, p 546 in Dodds, MH (ed), Northumberland County History, Vol 13; Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1890, Series 2, Vol 4, p 260; Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922, Series 3, Vol 10, p 343; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2007, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne; Ellison in E Tullett and G McCombie, 1980, An Excavation in the Cloth Market, Newcastle upon Tyne: excavation and survey, 1979, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol 8, pp 134 and 136; Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Donations Book, 25 October 1922
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
13313
DAY1
11
DAY2
12
District
Newcastle
Easting
424890
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563806
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Newcastle
Description
In 1865 a mixture of burnt human bone, charcoal, pottery and a Roman building stone were found in Clavering Place (White, 1865). The Northumberland County History described the bone as 'a number of human skeletons' (Spain and Simpson, 1930, 506-7). The bone may have come from the cemetery of the medieval Carmelite Friary rather than a Roman burial ground. In 1903 a sandstone coffin with a coped lid and a second coffin with a plain rough stone lid were dug up in Clavering Place. The first coffin was orientated north-south and contained a ceramic Castor Ware beaker, human bone and charcoal (Rich 1904). In 2008 two more stone sarcophagi were found on the BEMCO site (Archaeological Services Durham University, 2009). These coffins were aligned at right angles to the road through the vicus and were clearly part of a family plot. The lids would have been visible at ground level, 5m from the road. The coffins were well sculpted, but had no decoration. They were clamped shut with four steel pins sheathed in lead. Coffin one had been opened and a second inhumation placed inside. The clamp was still sealed on coffin two. Both coffins were full of water when opened. Bone survival was very poor. In coffin one there were thigh bones and fragments of teeth. In coffin 2 only a few unidentifiable fragments survived. Coffin 2 contained a finely worked Whitby jet pin, with pyramidal head. Coffin one contained an infant and juvenile female. Coffin 2 contained a female in early adulthood or late teens. The BEMCO site also produced urned cremations. Whilst the inhumations were apart from the buildings, the cremations were within the tenements. It is uncertain whether they pre-date or post-date the buildings. Burial in stone coffins was for the wealthy. The individuals at Clavering Place probably belonged to the family of the fort commander or another high-ranking official. A Roman jar or cooking pot containing a cremation and pottery was found on a burnt clay layer beneath Gunner Tower (Harbottle, 1967, 129). This is located close to the Military Way behind Hadrian's Wall, approximately 500m from the BEMCO finds. The pot dates to between the second quarter of the C2 and the early C4. Black burnt material, mostly wood, was found in depressions at Gunner Tower. This might represent a funeral pyre. At High Rochester, Brougham and Trentholm Drive in York, the ashes from funeral pyres were placed in an urn in the grave.
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
In 1865 a mixture of burnt human bone, charcoal, pottery and a Roman building stone were found in Clavering Place (White, 1865). The Northumberland County History described the bone as 'a number of human skeletons' (Spain and Simpson, 1930, 506-7). The bone may have come from the cemetery of the medieval Carmelite Friary rather than a Roman burial ground. In 1903 a sandstone coffin with a coped lid and a second coffin with a plain rough stone lid were dug up in Clavering Place. The first coffin was orientated north-south and contained a ceramic Castor Ware beaker, human bone and charcoal (Rich 1904). In 2008 two more stone sarcophagi were found on the BEMCO site (Archaeological Services Durham University, 2009). These coffins were aligned at right angles to the road through the vicus and were clearly part of a family plot. The lids would have been visible at ground level, 5m from the road. The coffins were well sculpted, but had no decoration. They were clamped shut with four steel pins sheathed in lead. Coffin one had been opened and a second inhumation placed inside. The clamp was still sealed on coffin two. Both coffins were full of water when opened. Bone survival was very poor. In coffin one there were thigh bones and fragments of teeth. In coffin 2 only a few unidentifiable fragments survived. Coffin 2 contained a finely worked Whitby jet pin, with pyramidal head. Coffin one contained an infant and juvenile female. Coffin 2 contained a female in early adulthood or late teens. The BEMCO site also produced urned cremations. Whilst the inhumations were apart from the buildings, the cremations were within the tenements. It is uncertain whether they pre-date or post-date the buildings. Burial in stone coffins was for the wealthy. The individuals at Clavering Place probably belonged to the family of the fort commander or another high-ranking official. A Roman jar or cooking pot containing a cremation and pottery was found on a burnt clay layer beneath Gunner Tower (Harbottle, 1967, 129). This is located close to the Military Way behind Hadrian's Wall, approximately 500m from the BEMCO finds. The pot dates to between the second quarter of the C2 and the early C4. Black burnt material, mostly wood, was found in depressions at Gunner Tower. This might represent a funeral pyre. At High Rochester, Brougham and Trentholm Drive in York, the ashes from funeral pyres were placed in an urn in the grave.
Site Name
Roman cemetery
Site Type: Specific
Mixed Cemetery
HER Number
17205
Form of Evidence
Conjectural Evidence
Sources
C.P Graves and D.H. Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne - the Eye of the North, an archaeological assessment, pp 56-60; White, R, 1865, Roman stone found at the White Friars, Newcastle, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol 6, p 231; Spain and Simpson, 1930, The Roman Wall from Wallsend to Rudchester Burn, p 505 in Dodds, MH (ed), Northumberland County History, Vol 13; FW Rich, 1904, Two stone coffins of the Roman period, in one of them human bones and an urn, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol 25, 147-9; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2009, BEMCO, Clavering Place - post excavation assessment; B Harbottle, 1967, An excavation at the Gunner Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1964, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol 45, pp 123-37
YEAR1
2015
YEAR2
2020
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Claire MacRae
Crossref
10574, 202
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425950
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564490
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Ouseburn
Description
Norris House was built as a development of warehouses, offices and residential accomodation for the general provisions merchants Swann, Mawson and Carter over the 1920s and 30s. The whole plot was built up by the same company by the late 1940s. In 2015 a number of buildings on the site are used by the Star and Shadow Cinema. Norris House was recently used as offices for an engineering company but is now unoccupied. It contains stain glass windows and staircases from the 1930s. A vintage clothing company occupies part of the warehouse block. Two-storey, red brick.
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
SITEDESC
Norris House was built as a development of warehouses, offices and residential accommodation for the general provisions merchants Swann, Mawson and Carter over the 1920s and 30s. The whole plot was built up by the same company by the late 1940s. In 2015 a number of buildings on the site are used by the Star and Shadow Cinema. Norris House was recently used as offices for an engineering company but is now unoccupied. It contains stain glass windows and staircases from the 1930s. A vintage clothing company occupies part of the warehouse block. Two-storey, red brick.
Site Name
Stepney Bank, Norris House
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
HER Number
17204
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2015, Crawhall Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; TWAS T186/11837A; Archaeological Research Services, 2019 Norris House, Crawhill Road, Historic Building Recording;
YEAR1
2015