Crosswellgate (Pandon Bank?)

Crosswellgate (Pandon Bank?)

HER Number
6640
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Crosswellgate (Pandon 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
Croswelgate (1240-50), Crossewelgate (1270-80). A demise survives from 1240 and 1260, regarding land at Crosswellgate being rented by fullers. Crosswellgate either became Pandon Bank (Brand appears to confirm this view, suggesting that the reservoir (and springs) at or near Conduit Head [The Cross Well?] at the top of Pandon Bank may have been the Carmelites' water supply. Bourne said that Crosswellgate was the second of the two streets as you head south from Fishergate - ie. Pandon on Wall Knoll. Households in Crosswellgate paid an annual rent to Lord Sacborough, into whose family the grand-daughter of Roger Thornton was married. Street documented as Croswelgate (1240-50) and Crossewelgate (1270-80). Croswelgate (1240-50), and Crossewelgate (1270-80).
Easting
425470
Northing
564320
Grid Reference
NZ425470564320
Sources
B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Archaeology and Development in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North