Jesmond Road, Cradle Well

HER Number:
11281

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond Road, Cradle Well

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Trough

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A stone cradle-shaped trough, after which the Cradlewell Public House was named. It was moved from its original position due to road alterations, firstly to Heaton Park then back to Jesmond Road.

Easting:
426070

Northing:
565950

Grid Reference:
NZ426070565950

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle Local Studies Library, Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Newcastle, Vol 2, p 55 includes a sketch; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25th December 1903; Alan Morgan, 1998, Bygone Sandyford and Cradlewell