New Gate, iron keys

HER Number

6609

District

Newcastle

Site Name

New Gate, iron keys

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Legal Site

Site Type: Specific

Key (Locking)

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Six old iron keys of different sizes, one of them, the most ornamental, supposed to be the key of the old gaol of Newgate in Newcastle.

Easting

2459

Northing

6444

Grid Reference

NZ24596444

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, Vol IV (1889), p 37