Newcastle, Rosemary Lane, common gutter

HER Number:
6548

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Rosemary Lane, common gutter

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Watercourse

Site Type: Specific:
Drain

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Common Gutter formed a boundary between houses fronting onto Westgate and houses fronting onto Iron Market south of Denton Chare. Was it the Esley Burn? Bourne and Welford mentions a waste in St John's Chare or Rosemary Lane, which belonged to the nuns of St Bartholomew (HER 1431-2), which was bordered on the west by the Common Gutter and on the north by the chantery lands.

Easting:
2474

Northing:
6404

Grid Reference:
NZ24746404

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 52; Welford, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, II, pp 493-5