Pudding Chare from Bigg Market
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Pudding Chare from Bigg Market
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 31 Jan 2010
This Medieval lane runs from Bigg Market south-west, then south, to Westgate Road. 'Chare' is a term for a narrow winding lane, especially in Newcastle, and probably derives from the Old English 'cerr' meaning 'turn' or 'bend'. The origin of 'Pudding' is uncertain. It could be a reference to black pudding, sold in the Flesh Market (now part of Cloth Market), or to the hidden stream of High or Pow Dene over which it is built, or to the intestine-like quality of the winding lane. It could also have been applied to its muddy surface in C13 or C14 when this lane was first recorded. Tyne and Wear HER (6499): Newcastle, Pudding Chare http://www.twsitelines.info
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Image Location
Latitude
54.970906
Longitude
-1.614132