gosforth conservation area character statement - Newcastle City ...

2. DEVELOPMENT OF
GOSFORTH
2.1 Archaeological
Assessment
The conservation area lies outside of the
medieval town of Newcastle and north of
the medieval Town Moor. However,
Gosforth itself largely developed during the
• Plan of listed buildings within Gosforth Conservation Area
period from the late C18th to the early
C20th on previously undeveloped
agricultural land. Despite its comparably
modern origins Gosforth does have a
connection to the Trajan period (2 nd
century AD). In 1863 a Greek Colonial
coin from that period was found in a
garden in Bulman Village. This coin was
donated to the Newcastle Society of
Antiquaries.
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Newcastle City Council, 100019569, 2004.
8 Gosforth Consevation Area Character Statement