Byker, Stepney Bank, Mill Yard

HER Number:
13172

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Stepney Bank, Mill Yard

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. A large yard with houses on two sides. Some houses had a bedroom and a kitchen. The yard was accessed via an arch and a lane. On the far side of the yard was a place for the resident's rubbish. Washing was hung on lines across the yard. The toilets were down one side of the yard. There was water tap in the centre of the yard. Demolished in the 1930s.

Easting:
2598

Northing:
6455

Grid Reference:
NZ25986455

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ouseburn Heritage, Issue 4, page 5; The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2008, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment