Newburn, manorial brewery

HER Number

15499

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, manorial brewery

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296 lists Adam the brasiator (brewer). We know that there was a manorial brewery in 1367.

Easting

416644

Northing

565312

Grid Reference

NZ416644565312

Sources

Fraser, C.M., 1968, The Northumberland Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, p 65, No. 149; Surtees Society, 1909, vol. cxvii, The Percy Chartulary, p 433, appendix 2