Gateshead, Half Moon Lane

HER Number:
17255

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Half Moon Lane

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:

Specific Period:
Medieval?

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Original name of Bailey or Baliff Chare. The presnt name stuck to the street after an 18th century dispute between the landlord of the Half Moon Lane Inn and a mason owning land in the street, who wanted to call it Marble Street. There has been a Half Moon Inn on the street since at least 1720 the present one dates from 1891.

Easting:
2532

Northing:
6343

Grid Reference:
NZ25326343

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Manders, F. W. D. A History of Gateshead