Shieldfield Green
Shieldfield Green
HER Number
5471
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Shieldfield Green
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Village Green
Site Type: Specific
Village Green
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Tudor 1485 to 1603
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Charleton describes Shieldfield Green as an area where troops congregated prior to a battle with the Scots in 1547. The fort which stood nearby (HER 285) was a key position during the siege of 1644. Charleton also tells the story of King Charles I playing golf on the green during his captivity in Newcastle (see HER 1865). Officially enclosed in 1738 - reflects the changed shape of the green from a long rectangle to a triangle. By 1750 most of the land had been adopted by adjacent landowners.
Easting
425520
Northing
564660
Grid Reference
NZ425520564660
Sources
<< HER 5471 >> F. Green, 1995, A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, p 7
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Ridley Villas, New Bridge Street, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment
Hutton, 1770, A Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; T. Wild, 2004, Village England - a social history of the countryside, p 13; T. Rowley and J. Wood, 2000, Deserted Villages (third edition), p. 41; B.K. Roberts, 1977, Rural Settlement in Britain, p. 146; B.K. Roberts, 1987, The making of the English village - a study in historical geography, p. 151; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 9
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Ridley Villas, New Bridge Street, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment
Hutton, 1770, A Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; T. Wild, 2004, Village England - a social history of the countryside, p 13; T. Rowley and J. Wood, 2000, Deserted Villages (third edition), p. 41; B.K. Roberts, 1977, Rural Settlement in Britain, p. 146; B.K. Roberts, 1987, The making of the English village - a study in historical geography, p. 151; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 9