Newcastle, Grey Street, Butcher Market

HER Number:
12745

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grey Street, Butcher Market

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Market

Site Type: Specific:
Meat Market

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Meat market of 1808. Demolished to create Grey Street and Upper Dean Street. Replaced by New Market (Grainger Market, HER 8821).The old Butcher Market is shown on Thomas Oliver's map of 1830.

Easting:
2496

Northing:
6419

Grid Reference:
NZ24966419

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, page 17 and 141