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The Newarke

Hob Uid: 1048833
Location :
City of Leicester
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK5824204180
Summary : A stone-walled outer bailey added to Leicester Castle in circa 1330 and enlarged in 1354. A fragment of the wall survives and two gateways (See SK 50 SE 164 and SK 50 SE 163). The enclosure originally contained a collegiate church, a hospital and canons' and chantry priests' houses. Scheduled.
More information : (Centred SK 583 042) The Newarke, a walled south extension to the castle bailey created by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, about 1330 and apparently further enlarged in 1354. Up to the Reformation it was a walled enclosure with collegiate church, hospital, canons' and chantry priests' houses. A fragment of the wall survives behind Newarke Houses Museum together with the main Magazine Gateway (SK 50 SE 164) and the Turret Gateway (SK 50 SE 163 ) into the castle. (1)

EH Scheduling amended. (2)
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Source details : EH Scheduling amendment, 09-MAY-2001
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Constructed in 1330
Monument End Date : 1330
Monument Start Date : 1330
Monument Type : Bailey, Boundary Wall
Evidence : Structure
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Altered in C15th
Monument End Date : 1499
Monument Start Date : 1400
Monument Type : Bailey, Boundary Wall
Evidence : Structure
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 17127
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 50 SE 162
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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2001-01-01
End Date : 2001-12-31
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 2014-01-01
End Date : 2014-12-31