In 1354 it was found that Robert of Byker (died 1349) had been seised of 42 acres in Shieldfield, ... a windmill in Shelewood of no value because of the prevailing poverty...". Shieldfield, roughly between the Swirle (west) and Ouse Burn (east) was transferred to Newcastle in 1549. There is no information the location of the mill.

In the late 13th century there are two references to a mill in Byker, the first being part of a suit for the recovery of property, the second (perhaps a different mill) belonging to St. Bartholomew's Nunnery. In the first half of the 14th century Robert of Byker sold a mill in Byker to Nicholas Ellerker. There is no certainty as to the type of mill, or its situation, but it is worth noting that a windmill is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey plan on the high ground at the junction of Shields Road and Fossway.

In 1166 South Gosforth was listed as a member of the barony of Whalton. It became split, two-thirds being held by the Lisles (from the late 12th century), and one third by the Heselrigs (from the mid 14th century). There were 4 taxpayers in 1296, 5 in 1312, and for a time in the 14th century some tenements were held by Richard Emeldon. The site of the village seems to have been close to St. Nicholas church, and at the time of first edition Ordnance Survey map consisted of a farm, a school and a few dwellings. At the election of 1826 there had been only 6 voters. It was partly rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century when Coxlodge and Bulman village were developed.

Said to have been dredged from the north side of the Tyne at Newcastle., but the precise location is unknown. Possibly one of the three daggers which had been in R. Blair's possession before they passed into the Greenwell Collection, and so to the British Museum. The object, 394 mm long, was described as follows: "Broad blade; both rivets surviving in trapezoidal, winged butt. Blade bevelled sharply either side of midrib".

In August, 1882, this dagger was dredged from the Tyne on the north side of the King's Meadows, Elswick. With 2 other daggers, it was for a time in the possession of R. Blair whence it passed to the Greenwell Collection, and so to the British Museum. The object, 334 mm long x 75 mm wide, was described as follows: "Long dagger with ogival blade, damaged at hilt end. The hilt, which has 3 lobes, is offset from the axis of the blade. The 3 rivets are in situ. Broad midrib with one narrow rib at each side; bevelled edges to blade". Heslop suggests that the metalwork at King's Meadows was a deliberate votive deposition. The River Tyne was a major arterial route inland and a possible boundary between tribal groupings, and appears to have been the focus of ceremonial activity by communities gathering here from considerable distances. There is a recurring pattern in the Bronze Age for metalwork deposition in watery places. The concentration of objects around the small island of King's Meadows has parallels at Runnymede on the Thames.

In 1889 Canon Greenwell lectured on "ancient British implements" dredged from the Tyne, some of which were by then in his collection, later to go to the British Museum. The objects included three spearheads, of which this one had previously been in R. Blair's possession, and which had been recovered from the Tyne at King's Meadows Island. The object, 240 mm long, was described as, "A pegged, socketed spearhead with lunate openings. Socket has lozenge- shaped section. Point bent". Heslop suggests that the metalwork at King's Meadows was a deliberate votive deposition. The River Tyne was a major arterial route inland and a possible boundary between tribal groupings, and appears to have been the focus of ceremonial activity by communities gathering here from considerable distances. There is a recurring pattern in the Bronze Age for metalwork deposition in watery places. The concentration of objects around the small island of King's Meadows has parallels at Runnymede on the Thames.

In 1889, during the extension of the Post Office in Westgate Road "and immediately at the rear of the present post office premises", the hollowed- out trunk of an oak tree was discovered. The hollow was 7 feet long x 3 feet deep, and had probably been made by burning, and it was suggested the find was "either a boat or a coffin". "A number of horns, the cranium of an animal, and other things were found in the vessel". These finds must have come from a site close to the "very deep hollow...in the back street south of the General Post Office and on the west side of St. Nicholas Buildings" located by the North of England Excavation Committee in 1929. Heslop suggests that it was a votive offering in the same tradition as the deposition of metal objects in the preceding Bronze Age. The stream in which it was buried was never navigable in a practical sense. It was at the top of a steep bank on the level plateau above the river gorge. The stream was little more than a gutter in the medieval town. The boat may have been carried to its final destination which may have been important due to its proximity to the Great North Road (HER 1067).

In 1853 "a hammer-head of stone" was, with Roman material from Benwell, exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. In 1930 the Northumberland County History reported that Mr Mulcaster, formerly of Benwell Park, had in his possession "a perforated polished stone cushion- shaped mace head believed to have been found at the Roman station of Condercum". The object was described as four and a quarter inches long x two and five-eighths inches broad x one and three-eighths inches thick, with an hour-glass perforation. It has been suggested that these two references were to the same object.

A Food Vessel was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1913, and said to have been found "some 40 years or more ago in a quarry in Elswick Lane...". The old museum label with the pot states it was "found in a cist burial in a quarry baring (i.e. topsoil stripping) in Elswick Lane". The food vessel is described as a bowl in buff fabric, 11 cm high x 12.2 cm rim diam. x 7 cm base diam. Decorated all over with notched stick impressions. There are short vertical impressions on the bevel, sloping and horizontal impressions on the rim moulding, and panels of variously positioned and sized impressions on the body.

In 1844, when G.B. Richardson published the discovery of some Roman finds near the White Friar tower, he included the following note: "...about two years and a half ago (i.e. c.mid 1841) there was found, at a short distance from the (town) wall on the inside, a British urn, in a coffin-shaped chamber, a few inches below the present surface...". His failure to comment on the presence of bones perhaps suggests the cist enclosed a cremation. The pot has not survived and so cannot be precisely identified.