Found in the back garden of No. 21 Callerton Road. The medal commemorates the battle of Koeniggratz (Sadowa) on 3 July 1866. The medal is in the form of an Iron Cross. The obverse reads 'Koeniggratz Den Juli 1866, spaced on each arm of the cross. In the centre is an eagle surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse reads WAR UNS SEI, DIE EHRE, GOTT MITT IHM in the arms of the cross, but the top arm has a crown. In the centre the reading is PREUSSENS SIEG REICHEM HEERE.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Found in the back garden of No. 21 Callerton Road. The medal commemorates the battle of Koeniggratz (Sadowa) on 3 July 1866. The medal is in the form of an Iron Cross. The obverse reads 'Koeniggratz Den Juli 1866, spaced on each arm of the cross. In the centre is an eagle surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse reads WAR UNS SEI, DIE EHRE, GOTT MITT IHM in the arms of the cross, but the top arm has a crown. In the centre the reading is PREUSSENS SIEG REICHEM HEERE.
Site Name
Callerton Road, German medal
Site Type: Specific
Medal
HER Number
13542
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Ernest Sockett, 1968, A Walbottle Miscellany in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 3, Sept 1968, pp 9-11
YEAR1
2011
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
415900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Silver
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566600
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Throckley
Description
Found in the garden of No. 216 Newburn Road on 30 January 1964. A silver 4d piece. The obverse reads JACOBUS II DEI GRATIA with Laureate head looking left. The reverse reads MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX and has IIII crowned. A Scottish groat of James II.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Found in the garden of No. 216 Newburn Road on 30 January 1964. A silver 4d piece. The obverse reads JACOBUS II DEI GRATIA with Laureate head looking left. The reverse reads MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX and has IIII crowned. A Scottish groat of James II.
Site Name
Newburn Road, silver coin
Site Type: Specific
Coin
HER Number
13541
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Ernest Sockett, 1968, A Walbottle Miscellany in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 3, Sept 1968, pp 9-11
YEAR1
2011
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437300
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Ceramic
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Two clay tobacco pipe fragments found at Spanish Battery. 1) Late 19th or early 20th century part of a bowl. A crocodile head and body with a river bank outline (could be an assimilated balance mark). 2) vine scroll and pearl decoration on a stem-bowl junction. This design began as an incised technique in the late 18th century and early 19th, but persisited in relief form throughout the 1800s.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Two clay tobacco pipe fragments found at Spanish Battery. 1) Late 19th or early 20th century part of a bowl. A crocodile head and body with a river bank outline (could be an assimilated balance mark). 2) vine scroll and pearl decoration on a stem-bowl junction. This design began as an incised technique in the late 18th century and early 19th, but persisted in relief form throughout the 1800s.
Site Name
Spanish Battery, clay tobacco pipes
Site Type: Specific
Clay Pipe (Smoking)
HER Number
13540
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Eric Parsons, 1969, Clay tobacco-pipes from Tynemouth, Northumberland in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 6, Sept 1969, pp 9-10
YEAR1
2011
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Ceramic
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Tynemouth
Description
8 clay tobacco pipe fragments recovered from Priors Park. 1) late 17th or early 18th century pipe with the initials I/J.D. at the angle in an ellipse with a mullet below and possibly above. Rare in the north-east but a similar type with different initials has been recorded at Dalden Tower, Co. Durham in 1965. If local, the identity of the maker is as yet unknown. 2) stem stamped John Collin/g (Gateshead, 1706-29). This maker's mark is quite common, all late 17th or early 18th century. 3) late 17th century bowl (type 5, 1650-90) with the spur initials E.C. It is probably Edward Crages of Gateshead. This is the first instance of these initials on a type 5 bowl recorded in the north-east. Edward Crages is usually dated to the 18th century so either the type 5 bowl continued into the 18th century or Crages started work in the 17th century. 4) initials Mullet/H? on a type 5 bowl. First recorded instance of this name on a type 5 bowl in the north-east. 5) late 17th or early 18th century pipe with a balance mark. 6) late 19th or early 20th century part of bowl. Marked with name of Seph/ton, London. This was a well known pipemaking family. They were known in London in 1687, Nottingham 1717-74, Liverpool 1734-88, Lancaster 1824, Stockton 1841 (Thomas), 1847 (George) and 1851 (Elizabeth). 7) 17th century stem. The mouth section retains deteriorated galena glaze. 8) FAWEL/L on stem. Joseph Fawell of Gateshead 1693-1703 (*IOS*FAWEL). A new stamp of this maker not previously recorded.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
8 clay tobacco pipe fragments recovered from Priors Park. 1) late 17th or early 18th century pipe with the initials I/J.D. at the angle in an ellipse with a mullet below and possibly above. Rare in the north-east but a similar type with different initials has been recorded at Dalden Tower, Co. Durham in 1965. If local, the identity of the maker is as yet unknown. 2) stem stamped John Collin/g (Gateshead, 1706-29). This maker's mark is quite common, all late 17th or early 18th century. 3) late 17th century bowl (type 5, 1650-90) with the spur initials E.C. It is probably Edward Crages of Gateshead. This is the first instance of these initials on a type 5 bowl recorded in the north-east. Edward Crages is usually dated to the 18th century so either the type 5 bowl continued into the 18th century or Crages started work in the 17th century. 4) initials Mullet/H? on a type 5 bowl. First recorded instance of this name on a type 5 bowl in the north-east. 5) late 17th or early 18th century pipe with a balance mark. 6) late 19th or early 20th century part of bowl. Marked with name of Seph/ton, London. This was a well known pipemaking family. They were known in London in 1687, Nottingham 1717-74, Liverpool 1734-88, Lancaster 1824, Stockton 1841 (Thomas), 1847 (George) and 1851 (Elizabeth). 7) 17th century stem. The mouth section retains deteriorated galena glaze. 8) FAWEL/L on stem. Joseph Fawell of Gateshead 1693-1703 (*IOS*FAWEL). A new stamp of this maker not previously recorded.
Site Name
Priors Park, clay tobacco pipes
Site Type: Specific
Clay Pipe (Smoking)
HER Number
13539
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Eric Parsons, 1969, Clay tobacco-pipes from Tynemouth, Northumberland in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 6, Sept 1969, pp 9-10
YEAR1
2011
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1436
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
425200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564200
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
During archaeological excavations in 1970, the monumental effigy of a knight was uncovered when overburden was removed west of the Austin Friars Tower. It was comparatively little worn and is complete apart from the head of one of the supporting angels, the hands and sword-head. This effigy is not mentioned in Hunter Blair's list of 35 medieval effigies (13 are knights) in Northumberland. The monument was found with its head to the east. There was no sign of its original tomb-chest or canopy. It measured 6 feet 9 inches x 3 feet 9 inches. The head, covered by a chain mail hood bound with a fillet, rested on two cushions. The arms were covered by a mail hauberk with straps at the wrists. The hands, now broken off, were joined in prayer. The knight wore a long mid-calf length sleeveless surcoat with a plain narrow belt. The right leg was crossed over the left. The legs and feet were protected by chain mail. The prick spurs were fastened with straps. The feet rested on a lion. There two two armorial shields on either side of the head and two supporting angels, one holding the cushions, and one a shield. The sword-head was gone but was attached to the left hand side by a broad sword belt. The shield was long, pointed and concave with armorials, and was held by a strap over the left shoulder. The arms on the shield can be identified as those of Sir Henry Staunton (argent a bend embattled counter embattled sable). Staunton was mentioned in the retinue of Sir John Cromwell and Sir Robert Umfraville, Earl of Angus when wardens of the March of Northumberland 1319-20. The general characteristics of the effigy fit well with the group of Northumberland works discussed by Hunter Blair. Like the knights at Seaton Delaval (St. Mary's Church), Hexham Priory Church and Newcastle Cathedral, the chain mail is formed by intersecting incised circles. Knights of a similar date from County Durham, like that from Chester-le-Street. Have a pattern of curving lines. Northumberland examples clasp their hands in prayer, those from Durham clasp the sword. The knight is most like that at Newcastle Cathedral. The armorial bearings testify that the subject was alive in 1320. The tomb may have been commissioned and executed during his life time, but a practical date for the monument would be 1320 or immediately after.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
During archaeological excavations in 1970, the monumental effigy of a knight was uncovered when overburden was removed west of the Austin Friars Tower. It was comparatively little worn and is complete apart from the head of one of the supporting angels, the hands and sword-head. This effigy is not mentioned in Hunter Blair's list of 35 medieval effigies (13 are knights) in Northumberland. The monument was found with its head to the east. There was no sign of its original tomb-chest or canopy. It measured 6 feet 9 inches x 3 feet 9 inches. The head, covered by a chain mail hood bound with a fillet, rested on two cushions. The arms were covered by a mail hauberk with straps at the wrists. The hands, now broken off, were joined in prayer. The knight wore a long mid-calf length sleeveless surcoat with a plain narrow belt. The right leg was crossed over the left. The legs and feet were protected by chain mail. The prick spurs were fastened with straps. The feet rested on a lion. There two two armorial shields on either side of the head and two supporting angels, one holding the cushions, and one a shield. The sword-head was gone but was attached to the left hand side by a broad sword belt. The shield was long, pointed and concave with armorials, and was held by a strap over the left shoulder. The arms on the shield can be identified as those of Sir Henry Staunton (argent a bend embattled counter embattled sable). Staunton was mentioned in the retinue of Sir John Cromwell and Sir Robert Umfraville, Earl of Angus when wardens of the March of Northumberland 1319-20. The general characteristics of the effigy fit well with the group of Northumberland works discussed by Hunter Blair. Like the knights at Seaton Delaval (St. Mary's Church), Hexham Priory Church and Newcastle Cathedral, the chain mail is formed by intersecting incised circles. Knights of a similar date from County Durham, like that from Chester-le-Street. Have a pattern of curving lines. Northumberland examples clasp their hands in prayer, those from Durham clasp the sword. The knight is most like that at Newcastle Cathedral. The armorial bearings testify that the subject was alive in 1320. The tomb may have been commissioned and executed during his life time, but a practical date for the monument would be 1320 or immediately after. Dated C14th.
Site Name
Austin Friary, effigy of a knight
Site Type: Specific
Effigy
HER Number
13538
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Barbara Harbottle, 1971, Excavation and Conservation of the Austin Friary and Holy Jesus Hospital, Newcastle; Lesley Milner, 1971, The Monumental Effigy; Leonard Evetts, 1971, Its Armorial Bearings all in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 10, Jan 1971; C.H. Hunter Blair, 1930, Mediaeval effigies in Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol VII; C.H. Hunter Blair, 1929, Mediaeval effigies in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol VI; Exchequer K.R. Accounts, bundle 15, No. 26 of Edward II, Indenture of Sir John de Crombewell and the Earl of Angus concerning the custody of the parts of Northumberland translated in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, Vol IV, pages 20-4
YEAR1
2011
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11114
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
There were traces of early to mid 13th century metal working on the bank of the Pandon Burn.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
There were traces of early to mid 13th century metal working on the bank of the Pandon Burn. Dated C13th.
Site Name
Pandon Burn, medieval metal working
Site Type: Specific
Metal Working Site
HER Number
13537
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle, in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 32; Margaret Ellison et al, 1993, Excavations at Newcastle Quayside: Waterfront Development at the Swirle, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol 21 (1993), pp 156-64
YEAR1
2011
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1491
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
424900
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
The effigy of the wife of George Carr, mayor nine times between 1484 and 1502. has survived from their lost canopied tomb. No tomb effigies or brasses remain in-situ although Henry Bourne lists several medieval burgesses who were buried at St. Nicholas Church.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
The effigy of the wife of George Carr, mayor nine times between 1484 and 1502. has survived from their lost canopied tomb. No tomb effigies or brasses remain in-situ although Henry Bourne lists several medieval burgesses who were buried at St. Nicholas Church. Dated C15-16th.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, effigy
Site Type: Specific
Effigy
HER Number
13536
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74;
YEAR1
2011
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1491
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
424900
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brass
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
The brass eagle lectern dates to around 1500.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The brass eagle lectern dates to around 1500. One of the very few pre 1640 eagle lecterns in the country. Dated C16th.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, brass eagle lectern
Site Type: Specific
Lectern
HER Number
13535
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74
YEAR1
2011
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1491, 13533
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
424900
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
The exquisitely carved wooden font cover, similar to that in St. Andrew's church, dates from around 1500.
Site Type: Broad
Font
SITEDESC
The exquisitely carved wooden font cover, similar to that in St. Andrew's church, dates from around 1500. Hodgson says the font cover was heavily restored in the 17th century. It has triplicated angle buttresses and an open coronal surrounding the lid. A finial crowns the canopy, but the form of this cannot be discerned. Other font cover finials have been in the form of a dove, an angel, a cross, a knot of foliage and that at Brancepeth is St. Michael slaying the dragon. The cover features leafage. The canopies are carried on fret-work brackets with trefoil terminals. Dated C16th.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, font cover
Site Type: Specific
Font
HER Number
13534
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74; Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font and Cover of S. Nicholas Church, Newcastle on Tyne, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 245-246
YEAR1
2011
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1491, 13534
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
424900
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Marble
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Newcastle
Description
Fine marble font decorated with the arms of Roberti Rodes, benefactor of Newcastle churches. He was the son of a mayor of Newcastle, and was a lawyer and was mayor himself 1429-31. He sat for Newcastle in five Parliaments between 1427 and 1441. His main career however was leading administrator for Durham Cathedral Priory.
Site Type: Broad
Font
SITEDESC
Fine marble font decorated with the arms of Roberti Rodes, benefactor of Newcastle churches. He was the son of a mayor of Newcastle, and was a lawyer and was mayor himself 1429-31. He sat for Newcastle in five Parliaments between 1427 and 1441. His main career however was leading administrator for Durham Cathedral Priory. Described by Hodgson in 1912: black marble with 8 shields (6 are the arms of Roberti Rodes). Rodes died in 1474 and it was probably his neice and heiress who erected the font and cover in his memory. Her husband was Richard Bainbrigge and his arms are on 2 of the shields on the font. There are small circular holes in the flat surface of the font, presumably for lock fastenings. Dated C15th.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, font
Site Type: Specific
Font
HER Number
13533
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74; Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font and Cover of S. Nicholas Church, Newcastle on Tyne, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 245-246