Newcastle, Middle Street, Scot's Inn

HER Number:
6596

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Middle Street, Scot's Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Middle Street lay in-between Cloth Market and Groat Market. It was divided into three sections - Skinnergate at the top, Spurriergate in the middle and Sadlergate at the bottom. In Middle Street, according to Gray, there was an ancient house with a large gate, called the Scots Inn, where the "Kings Nobility and Lards of Scots lodged in time of Truce or League with Engalnd".

Easting:
248

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ248640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
W. Gray, 1649, Chorographia, pp 18-19; H. Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 53.