Tyne and Wear HER(722): Heworth, clay pit(s) - Details
722
Gateshead
Heworth, clay pit(s)
Heworth
NZ26SE
Industrial
Clay Extraction Site
Clay pit
Medieval
C14
Documentary Evidence
Four references have been found to the digging of clay in Over Heworth in the 14th century. In 1357-8 John Oteson, potter, was assigned a rod of clay for 20s 6d, but the court proceeded against 3 others for taking the same without licence. In 1379 the convent's terrar took clay worth 13s 4d for tenements, i.e. presumably for building operations, and for 20s John Buron and Adam Potter of Gateshead were licensed to dig clay for a year with 2 men. The precise location of this activity is unknown.
28463
61761
NZ2846361761
<< HER 722 >> J. Booth, ed. 1889, Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 82, pp. 20, 156