Newcastle, Diana Street, slaughterhouse

HER Number:
15017

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Diana Street, slaughterhouse

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Food Processing Plant

Site Type: Specific:
Abattoir

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Newcastle Town Plan of 1862 shows four terraced houses on Diana Street. Behind the houses there was a small slaughterhouse. A high wall separated the slaughterhouse and the yard of the women's peniteniary. In 1893 the slaughterhouse was rebuilt.

Easting:
2392

Northing:
6434

Grid Reference:
NZ23926434

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, 12-24 Diana Street, Science Central, Newcastle upon Tyne - Building Recording Report; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2006, Tyne Brewery, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment; Newcastle Town Plan 1862, Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of 1879; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, 12-24 Diana Street, Science Central, Newcastle upon Tyne - Phase 2 Building Recording Report;