It was reported in 1865 that, during recent alterations to his property in Clavering Place, Edward Spoor had found a mixture of pottery, human bones and a Roman building-stone in north-south parallel trenches "within the precincts of the house of the White Friars". The NCH qualified this report saying, not bones, but "a number of human skeletons". Without knowing the location of Spoor's house it is impossible to suggest whether these bodies were found in the Carmelites' cemetery, and so were not Roman, on the west side of Clavering Place, or conceivably from the supposed Roman cemetery on the east side.

It was reported in 1865 that, during recent alterations to his property in Clavering Place, Edward Spoor had found a mixture of pottery, human bones and a Roman building-stone in north-south parallel trenches "within the precincts of the house of the White Friars". The location of his house is not known, so the full significance of these discoveries cannot be assessed. The NCH enlarged on this report, saying that the pottery included samian, amphorae and mortaria.

Building-stone, 13.5 x 10 x 2.5 in, found in 1864 in Clavering Place within the area once occupied by the White Friars Monastery (sic), (sector 4-4a). coh(ors) I Th/racum "The First Cohort of Thracians (built this)" Birley suggested this Cohort may well have been in garrison in Newcastle; in CW 50 (1950), 176, he inclines to assign this stone to the Vallum. Wright clearly doubted this on the grounds that the Vallum may not have extended as far east as Clavering Place. Without knowing which side of Clavering Place the stone was found it remains uncertain as to whether it was from the friary precinct or not.

During the demolition of the White Friars Tower in December, 1843, Amor Spoor found underneath it an old stream bed in which were Roman roofing tiles, bricks, pottery, coins and an altar to Silvanus. Another altar was found subsequently. As only one altar survives the identification of the other artifacts cannot be confirmed.

During the demolition of the White Friars Tower in December, 1843, Amor Spoor found underneath it an old stream bed in which were Roman roofing tiles, bricks, pottery, coins and an altar to Silvanus. Another altar was found subsequently.

"Another altar, (i.e. cf. 1438), of the same size (c. 10 x 16 in) but without any inscription, was found in the same place, on...the 9th January, 1844". I.e. during the demolition of White Friar Tower, 1843-4, in the bed of an old watercourse 10-11 ft below the tower's floor. As it was listed in NCH as in "Black Gate, not now identifiable" it was obviously once in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries.

Altar, 10 x 16 in, found in 1843, according to Wright built into the Whitefriars Tower. Sides plain. D(e)o / Siluano / G(aius) Val(erius) / (... To the god Silvanus Gaius Valerius (set this up) G.B. Richardson says quite clearly that the altar was found in the bed of an old watercourse 10-11 ft below the floor of the tower, "almost wholly shorn of its inscription", and its top broken off during the digging. The OS suggests this was possibly from a temple site.

At a meeting of the Antiquaries on 25 Jan. 1899, "Mr R.S. Thorpe called attention to the number of interments which were being unearthed near the Jesus hospital. They were now being found daily. Dr Adamson said that whenever human remains were found in the coffins they were being re-interred in All Saints churchyard". This sounds like a large-scale operation, but without further work it is not clear precisely where it was taking place. The most probable explanation is that the burials were in the cemetery of the Austin Friars (their church being more or less coterminous with the Holy Jesus Hospital), and as the cloister was north of the church perhaps the cemetery was to the south, under City Road and buildings south of it. In 2014 during a watching brief to monitor works to a failed sewer to the rear of Holy Jesus Hospital, a human skeleton was revealed. The grave was orientated east-west, the head (which was missing) to the west. The gender of the individual could not be determined. He or she was aged between 35 and 50 years and was between five feet four inches and five feet eight inches in height. The upper part of the skeleton was probably destroyed when a manhole was installed. The skeleton was radiocarbon dated to between 1265 and 1395 cal AD. However a marine influence probably affected the dates (the individual consumed a diet comprising almost one third of marine derived food) and so the dates were recalibrated taking the marine reservoir effect into account. This provided a date of between 1295 and 1435 cal AD. These dates sit within the known chronology of the Austin Friary. The individual was probably an inhabitant of the friary or a lay patron. The trench was just over 1m deep. Dated C13-15th.

First reference 1291. The precinct grew piecemeal in the early C14, and lay between the town wall (E), Carliol Croft (Square) (N), Manor Chare (W and S). The friary housed 25 in 1299, 24 in 1322, and when surrendered in 1539, it accommodated the prior, 8 friars and 3 novices. The church, which lay under and on the same alignment as the Holy Jesus Hospital, had an aisleless quire (E wall with angle buttresses outside the E end of the hospital), N wall (with window in later tower), and nave with no N aisle. The cloister was on the N side (its S wall was located); the S end of the E range contained a sacristy (the later tower was built over its E wall), undershot cloister walk, probable chapterhouse. All the buildings were probably C14. Burials were found both in the church (i.e. under the Holy Jesus Hospital) and in the cloister. The chancel of the church was presumably aisleless since twin buttresses were found at both its eastern angles, a short stretch of its north wall, with 14th century window, still stands within the post-medieval tower. This friary church was the only one in Newcastle to stand on the south side of its cloister, and the only one to have at least one undershot cloister walk. The friary was suppressed in 1539. The Council of the North came to the site, which was passed to the mayor and burgesses. A six week excavation was carried out in May and June 1971 on the north side of Holy Jesus Hospital before the area was landscaped. The excavation confirmed that Holy Jesus Hospital lies within the Austin Friary church. The cloister was sited on the north side of the nave, which is a different arrangement to the Black, White and Grey Friaries in Newcastle, which had their cloister on the south side. Since the earliest documentary reference to the Austin Friars in Newcastle is in 1291, and they were given land to enlarge their precinct as late as 1330, it is unlikely that any of the buildings were constructed until the 14th century. This date is supported by the pottery, window glass and architectural fragments recovered during the excavations. Dated C13th.

In 1829, during excavations in the garden of Jonathan Priestman, tanner, at the east end of Low Friar Street, 2 skeletons were found within 30 feet of one another, and at a depth of 4.5 feet in clay. They lay east-west, and were perfectly straight. Jonathan Priestman was tenant of the Cordwainers' property in Low Friar Street at this time, i.e. the ground between Dispensary Lane and Low Friar Lane, and from Low Friar Street back to and including St. Crispin's Buildings, originally the friars' orchard. It is, I suppose, just possible the friars' cemetery extended this far east.