Newcastle, High Bridge, Cordwainers Company Hall

HER Number:
6526

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, High Bridge, Cordwainers Company Hall

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Meeting House

Site Type: Specific:
Guildhall

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1794 the Cordwainers Company built their stone-fronted hall on the north side of High Bridge.

Easting:
248

Northing:
641

Grid Reference:
NZ248641

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 55; W.H.D Longstaffe, 1857, Local Muniments, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol 1, pp 23-44.