Half Moon Lane
Half Moon Lane
HER Number
17255
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Half Moon Lane
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
Original name of Bailey or Baliff Chare. The presnt name stuck to the street after an 18th century dispute between the landlord of the Half Moon Lane Inn and a mason owning land in the street, who wanted to call it Marble Street. There has been a Half Moon Inn on the street since at least 1720 the present one dates from 1891.
Easting
425320
Northing
563430
Grid Reference
NZ425320563430
Sources
Manders, F. W. D. A History of Gateshead