Tyne and Wear HER(9030): Highbury, town moor boundary stone - Details
9030
Newcastle
Highbury, town moor boundary stone
Jesmond
NZ26NW
Monument
Boundary
Boundary Stone
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Structure
Town Moor boundary stone. C18. Pecked sandstone with ashlar panels. Tapered
stone with sloped top; arms of Newcastle (3 castles) in low relief on north face;
'No.44' incised on sloping top. Historical note: probably erected after the
legal dispute in 1770 between the freemen and the mayor and burgesses concerning
ownership of the Town Moor. LISTED GRADE 2
424920
567030
NZ424920567030
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 8/311