St. Nicholas Churchyard, warehouse for whalebones

HER Number

15929

District

Newcastle

Site Name

St. Nicholas Churchyard, warehouse for whalebones

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Warehouse

Site Type: Specific

Warehouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Warehouse used for whale bones after 1759.

Easting

425000

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ425000564000

Sources

Tony Barrow, 2001, The Whaling Trade of North-east England 1750-1850, p 71; Newcastle Journal, 3 November 1759