Gateshead, well in Rectory grounds

HER Number:
4865

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, well in Rectory grounds

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The traditional explanation of the street name 'Oakwellgate' is that given by the antiquarian author, Brand, who wrote: "there had been anciently a well, with an oak hanging over it" (Brand 1789, 482). A stone-lined well 5 feet 9 inches in diameter and 20 feet deep was found to the south-east of the old rectory in 1921. From the brief description the well cannot be dated, but was probably a domestic supply for the rectory.

Easting:
25567

Northing:
63684

Grid Reference:
NZ2556763684

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4865 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 1998, Gateshead Regional Music Centre, Archaeological Desk Top Assessment J. Brand, 1789, The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Newcastle. p 482 Tyne and Wear Archive Service, T311, (1852-1974)