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| Name: | Tinkers Gate, Bewdley |
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| HER Reference: | WSM10694 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 788 750 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO77NE |
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| Parish: | Bewdley, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- GATE (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
Recorded 1595, demolished. [1]
List of turnpike gates in Bewdley. The location is stated to be 'just beyond the Peacock Inn and the Friends Meeting House'.[2]
Tinkers Gate, one of the Medieval town gates, is said to have stood at the foot of Upper Street, now High Street (SO 787751), but exact position is unknown.(Worcs Arch & Local Hist NL 15 Winter 1974/5 5 (S Price)) [3]
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 9th April 2019 licensed under the Open Government Licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. [3]
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Bibliographic reference: Page, W. 1924. A History of the County of Worcestershire; Volume IV. Victoria County History. vol IV, p304. |
| <2*> | Bibliographic reference: Gwilliam, H W. Undated. Coach Travel and Turnpike Roads in Worcestershire. 123 (151 in PDF). |
| <3> | Internet Site: Historic England. 2019. National Record of the Historic Environment Monument Database. |
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