Tynemouth market cross

HER Number:
732

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth market cross

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cross

Site Type: Specific:
Market Cross

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In an account of a gaol delivery at Tynemouth in 1290 there is reference to the market cross where, "sitting upon its steps, the justices read their warrant for the third time...". The cross stood in the village outside the monastery, being shown on a 16th century map at the head of Front Street near the priory gatehouse.

Easting:
371

Northing:
694

Grid Reference:
NZ371694

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 732 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, Tynemouthshire, VIII, 217 Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIX, pl. opp. 68