Newcastle, Hunter's Moor

HER Number:
16842

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Hunter's Moor

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Common Land

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Natural Feature

Description:
Originally part of Nun's Moor (HER 1357). Part of Hunter's Moor is occupied by the former Fenham Barracks (HER 4093). In 1213 the Town Moor was granted to the town by King John. But the rights to its herbage (grazing of livestock) were retained by The Freeman of Newcastle, a body whose origins pre-date the Norman Conquest of 1066. The intake system allows the Freemen to designate up to 100 acres of the Town Moor for purposes other than grazing, on a lease no longer than 99 years. Hunter's Moor was used by Fenham Barracks and Newcastle United as a sports and training ground from the 1960s until the 1980s.

Easting:
2331

Northing:
6562

Grid Reference:
NZ23316562

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, pp 26-27