Shown on the OS map of 1897. The ferry landed here.
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
SITEDESC
Shown on the OS map of 1897. The ferry landed here.
Site Name
Walker, landing stage (floating)
Site Type: Specific
Landing Stage
HER Number
16415
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
26
District
Newcastle
Easting
429814
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564868
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Shown on the OS map of 1897. Later subsumed into Neptune Yard.
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on the OS map of 1897. Later subsumed into Neptune Yard.
Site Name
Walker, chemical factory
Site Type: Specific
Chemical Works
HER Number
16414
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897; The Archaeological Practice 2009, Neptune Yard, Walker, Archaeological Evaluation; The Archaeological Practice, 2009, Neptune Yard, Walker - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2020
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564800
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Shown on the OS map of 1897. Later subsumed into Neptune Yard.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on the OS map of 1897. Later subsumed into Neptune Yard.
Site Name
Walker Forge
Site Type: Specific
Forge
HER Number
16413
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897; The Archaeological Practice, 2009, Neptune Yard, Walker - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429410
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Football ground shown on the OS map of 1897. Now built-over by TA centre.
Site Type: Broad
Sports Ground
SITEDESC
Football ground shown on the OS map of 1897. Now built-over by TA centre.
Site Name
Titan Road, football ground
Site Type: Specific
Football Ground
HER Number
16412
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564550
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Gas works shown on the OS map of 1897.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Gas works shown on the OS map of 1897.
Site Name
Mitchell Street, gas works
Site Type: Specific
Gas Works
HER Number
16411
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564680
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Three blocks of buildings forming a row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897. Now the site of Fairhaven Avenue.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Three blocks of buildings forming a row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897. Now the site of Fairhaven Avenue.
Site Name
Diamond Row
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
16410
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429690
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564810
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897.
Site Name
Battle Hill
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
16409
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
04
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
429510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564780
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Row of terraced houses shown on OS second edition of 1897.
Site Name
New Row
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
16408
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition 1897
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
167
DAY1
01
District
Newcastle
Easting
426460
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Shown on OS first edition map of 1864. Entrance lodge into the park.
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
SITEDESC
Shown on OS first edition map of 1864. Entrance lodge into the park.
Site Name
Gosforth Park, Gosforth East Cottage
Site Type: Specific
Gate Lodge
HER Number
16407
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, Newcastle Race Course at High Gosforth Park, North Gosforth, Tyne and Wear - archaeological desk based assessment
YEAR1
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
424000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded a workhouse at Westgate in St. John's for up to 12 inmates. There was also a St. Johns workhouse at Elswick for 40 inmates. In 1831 Thomas Oliver states the present number of inmates of St. John's Poor House was 35. Children were sent to Sunday School. Each pauper cost 3s 1d a week for food. The apothecary to the infirmary dispensed medicine to the sick. Smokers were allowed half an ounce per week. Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union came into existence on 26th September 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians (34 in number, representing the 11 parishes and townships (County of the Town of Newcastle: All Saints 9, Byker 3, Elswick, Heaton, Jesmond 1 each, St. Andrew's 6, St. John's 5, St. Nicholas 4, Westgate 2. Northumberland: Benwell and Fenham 1 each). The average poor-rate expenditure for the period 1834-36 had been £15,049 or 5s 6d per head of the population. In 1839 the existing poor houses were replaced with a new purpose built workhouse on Westgate Hill (HER 6342). In 1914 the union was reconstituted as the Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Parish.
Site Type: Broad
Workhouse
SITEDESC
A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded a workhouse at Westgate in St. John's for up to 12 inmates. There was also a St. Johns workhouse at Elswick for 40 inmates. In 1831 Thomas Oliver states the present number of inmates of St. John's Poor House was 35. Children were sent to Sunday School. Each pauper cost 3s 1d a week for food. The apothecary to the infirmary dispensed medicine to the sick. Smokers were allowed half an ounce per week. Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union came into existence on 26th September 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians (34 in number, representing the 11 parishes and townships (County of the Town of Newcastle: All Saints 9, Byker 3, Elswick, Heaton, Jesmond 1 each, St. Andrew's 6, St. John's 5, St. Nicholas 4, Westgate 2. Northumberland: Benwell and Fenham 1 each). The average poor-rate expenditure for the period 1834-36 had been £15,049 or 5s 6d per head of the population. In 1839 the existing poor houses were replaced with a new purpose built workhouse on Westgate Hill (HER 6342). In 1914 the union was reconstituted as the Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Parish.
Site Name
St. John's Poor House
Site Type: Specific
Workhouse
HER Number
16406
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
The Workhouse, The Story of an institution, www.workhouses.org.uk/NewcastleUponTyne/