Newburn, stocks and pillory

Tyne and Wear HER(11527): Newburn, stocks and pillory - Details

HER Number:
11527

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, stocks and pillory

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Punishment Place

Site Type: Specific:
Stocks

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A document of 1293 mentions stocks, tumbrel (open cart for carrying prisoners) and pillory at Newburn.

Easting:
16

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ1665

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
C.M. Fraser, 1968, The Northumberland Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 64, No. 148