Walkergate, field boundary

HER Number:
7955

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walkergate, field boundary

Place:
Walkergate

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Boundary

Site Type: Specific:
Field Boundary

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Field boundary shown on Isaac Thompson's plan of 1745, between "Sore Bellies" to the north and "Calf Close" and "West North Moor" to the south. Not shown on Tithe map of 1843, but reappears on slightly different alignment on Ordnance Survey first edition.

Easting:
2806

Northing:
6605

Grid Reference:
NZ28066605

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Isaac Thompson, Plan of Walker 1745; Tithe, Walker Township, Long Benton Parish, 1843; Ordnance Survey first edition 1865; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2003, Walkergate Hospital Site, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Evaluation and Monitoring; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Desk Based Assessment of the Historical Background and Archaeological Implications