39 High Bridge, well

HER Number

13621

District

Newcastle

Site Name

39 High Bridge, well

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A well, around 5 feet in diameter and lined with stone blocks, had been found in the rear yard of Ward's Buildings. The well was filled in and covered by the foundations of a lift shaft.

Easting

424874

Northing

564217

Grid Reference

NZ424874564217

Sources

A. Ian Buchanan, 1971, A Well, High Bridge, Newcastle, in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 12, Sept 1971, page 16