Newburn, River Tyne ford

HER Number:
1295

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, River Tyne ford

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ford

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
One or more fords existed across the Tyne at Newburn, which has been described as "the lowest safe fording point on the Tyne (near) the head of the tideway". In the Middle Ages and later the Scots tended to invade England by crossing the Tyne at Newburn. King David led an army of 15,000 to Durham to fight at Neville's Cross in 1346; the Scots army crossed here during the battle of Newburn in 1640. The precise location of the fords is not known.

Easting:
16

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ1665

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1295 >> J.C. Bruce, 1867, The Roman Wall, 3rd ed., 121 C.S. Terry, 1899, The Visits of Charles I to Newcastle... 2, Archaeologia Aeliana, XXI, 98 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1910, Newburn, 3, IV (for 1909-10), 54 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 136-8 N. Pevsner, rev. various 1992, Northumberland, Buildings of England, 405