Gateshead Fell, Chill Well

HER Number:
708

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead Fell, Chill Well

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE NZ25NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Binnall & Dodds (1947) quote, amongst others, a reference in the Northumberland Assize Rolls (1279), as evidence for The Chill Well on Gateshead Fell, "where the king's justices in eyre met the lords of the franchises of Durham, Hexhamshire, Tyndale and Redesdale, who claimed freedom from his jurisdiction. The well was used as a convenient landmark, but does not seem to have been considered holy.

Easting:
26317

Northing:
62943

Grid Reference:
NZ2631762943

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 708 >> Rev. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 82