Byker, lime kiln

HER Number:
1384

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, lime kiln

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Kiln

Site Type: Specific:
Lime Kiln

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1354 it was found that Robert of Byker (died 1349) had been seised of 42 acres in Shieldfield... a limekiln worth 3s 3d.... It is not clear, however, as to whether all the property listed in the 1354 document was in Shieldfield. The area of the limekilns excavated on the west shore of the Swirle was transferred to Newcastle in 1299; Shieldfield was included within Newcastle in 1549.

Easting:
25660

Northing:
64196

Grid Reference:
NZ2566064196

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1384 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Shieldfield, Northumberland County History, XIII, 272