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Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 09 September 2019 Page Views: 1704
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Cale Cross (Newcastle)Country: England County: Tyne and Wear Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Newcastle
Map Ref: NZ25206392
Latitude: 54.969269N Longitude: 1.607899W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Anne T visited on 7th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Site of Cale Cross (Newcastle): The plaque commemorating this cross is attached the eastern wall of what I think is 3, Akenside Hill (or possibly Akenside House), on the Quayside, just to the west of the A167 where it is about to go south over the Tyne Bridge, and just north-north-east of the Swing Bridge.
The building sits at the junction of Dean Street and Queen Street, just before Dean Street meets Sandhill (the B1600) and Quayside. I imagine in olden times, this would have been the ideal place for a market.
It was the afternoon before the main Great North Run and Quayside was hugely busy with other races starting and finishing. What a crowd, but a lively, friendly atmosphere. I had great fun finding my way back up the hill through tiny lanes I didn’t know existed, passing the Church of All Saints, a huge viaduct, some of the old city walls and Castle Keep.
The plaque reads: “City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Cale Cross. This market cross where food was sold (cale = cabbage) stood near this spot until 1807. First mentioned in 1309 it was rebuilt in 1783 to design of David Stephenson. Re-erected in the grounds of Blagdon Hall Tyne and Wear County Council”.
If the original cross had gone to Blagdon Hall, I would have set off in search of it, but this is only the 1783 re-design.
This cross was first mentioned in 18th century local histories as having been sited here from 1360. The cross is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 1007190, but the only sign of its location today is a blue plaque on the side of Akenside House at the corner of Dean Street and Queen Street (just before Dean Street meets the B1600 Sandhill).
The blue plaque reads: "This market cross where food was sold (cale = cabbage) stood near this spot until 1807. First mentioned in 1309 it was rebuilt in 1783 to design of David Stephenson. Re-erected in the grounds of Blagdon Hall".
The location of the cross is just uphill from the Quayside, and today would have been just underneath the Tyne Bridge, which looms large and green above, and near to the Low Level Bridge across the Tyne.
On the day I visited this site, it was the weekend of the Great North Run and the number of people around gave me an impression of how busy the market must have been in medieval times.
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