Regent Street
Regent Street
HER Number
15057
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Regent 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
Laid out after Forth Street (1811) but before Thomas Oliver's map of 1830. In existence by 1827. The name suggests an expression of loyalty to the ruling dynasty. Regent Street was intended to run straight down to the edge of the escarpment above the river.
Easting
424570
Northing
563710
Grid Reference
NZ424570563710
Sources
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; E Mackenzie, 1827, I, p 197