Newcastle, Quayside, cistern heads and roasting jack

HER Number:
6625

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Quayside, cistern heads and roasting jack

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Tank

Site Type: Specific:
Cistern

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Two large cistern heads and an old roasting jack. Cistern heads have a sort of acanthus leaf pattern on them, on one is the letter A and the year 1777 in ornamental letters, on the other is a lion and the same date. Found in an old house on the Quay, now demolished. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by J.F. Edge, for Newcastle Corporation in around 1905.

Easting:
253

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ253638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, I (1905), p 94.