Newcastle, Alvey's Island

HER Number:
6528

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Alvey's Island

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Below Carliol Croft was a place traditionally called Alvey's Island, so called because when the tide flowed up to the Stockbridge it created a hill of sand which looked like an island when the tide went out. The land belonged to someone called Alvey. A Mr. George Hinkster had a house, cellars and maltings on this land, bounded on the west, north and south by King's Street and on the east by a piece of waste ground formerly called the Stones, owned by a Lady Goldsburgh.

Easting:
253

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ253640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 138.