Denton Chare

HER Number

6562

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Denton Chare

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

One of the minor medieval streets or "chares" linking the three main routes through the town. First reference is in 1425. This street linked St Nicholas Church (HER 1491) to Westgate (HER 3945).

Easting

424920

Northing

564010

Grid Reference

NZ424920564010

Sources

B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; J.C. Hodgson, 1917, "The Domus Dei" of Newcastle, otherwise St. Katherine's hospital on the Sandhill, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XIV, (1917), pp 191-221.