Quayside, Rewcastle Chare
Quayside, Rewcastle Chare
HER Number
              10485
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Quayside, Rewcastle Chare
          Place
              Newcastle
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SE
          Class
              Transport
          Site Type: Broad
              Road Transport Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Alley
          General Period
              MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Medieval 1066 to 1540
          Form of Evidence
              Documentary Evidence
          Description
              There were no minor streets or chares running off the Quayside before 1376, although the word "Key" is used four times from 1332 to 1366. From Sandhill to Sandgate there were 20 chares which survived until the mid C19. Most were so narrow that two people could not walk abreast. Their date of origin is unknown, earliest reference is C14. Peacock Chare is today Customs House Yard.
          Easting
              425430
          Northing
              563940
          Grid Reference
              NZ425430563940
    Sources
              H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeology and Development in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; W. Collard and M. Ross, 1842, Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne; J. and J. Leslie, 2002, Bygone Quayside and the Chares