Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank)
Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank)
HER Number
6575
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Akenside Hill (Butcher Bank or All Hallows Bank)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Butcher Bank, which linked The Side to Dog Bank, was the location of medieval butcher's shops. They also had shops in Flesher-Rawe.
Easting
425130
Northing
563810
Grid Reference
NZ425130563810
Sources
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 123; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 31; Newcastle Journal Saturday 30 June 1860, p 5, 'The Original Quay of Newcastle'