Newcastle, St. Johns Chare (Rosemary Lane)

HER Number:
6561

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, St. Johns Chare (Rosemary Lane)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
One of the minor medieval streets or "chares" linking the three main routes through the town. The location of St John's Chare is not certain - it is possible that the name, in the Middle Ages, should apply only to the street along the east side of St John's churchyard (first reference 1423). Named St John's Lane on Hutton's map of 1770.

Easting:
2474

Northing:
6403

Grid Reference:
NZ24746403

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; S. Joncheir, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol XXII (1899-1900), p 123.