Waterloo Street
Waterloo Street
HER Number
6503
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Waterloo Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Built to provide a link between Thornton Street and Westgate Road Originally part of Marlborough Cresecent, it was named Waterloo Street by the 1850s.
Easting
2439
Northing
6404
Grid Reference
NZ24396404
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (second edition); D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces