Gateshead, whipping post

HER Number:
5642

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, whipping post

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Punishment Place

Site Type: Specific:
Whipping Post

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The account books of the church warden of St. Mary, contain references to events in Gateshead during the 17th century and 18th century, including the provision of a whipping post, presumably associated with the Gateshead witch-hunt of 1649 (see also HER 5604).

Easting:
25

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5642 >> 18th century, St Mary's Church - churchwarden's accounts E. MacKenzie & M. Ross, 1834, An Historical View of Durham,pp 89-90