Newcastle, Quayside, Peacock Chare

HER Number:
10490

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Quayside, Peacock Chare

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road

Site Type: Specific:
Alley

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

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:
2538

Northing:
6392

Grid Reference:
NZ25386392

Lats/Lons:

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