Tynemouth, Tynemouth Road, Governor's Tree

HER Number:
17297

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Road, Governor's Tree

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Feature

Site Type: Specific:
Natural Feature

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C16-C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633.

Easting:
3617

Northing:
6895

Grid Reference:
NZ36176895

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://openplaques.org/plaques/12116; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2659478/Can-tell-whats-wrong-Council-needs-history-lesson-installing-blue-plaque-commemorating-Charles-Is-visit-one-glaring-error.html