# THE TOWN MOOR CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 227620
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 19, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=227620


## Contact

- **Address:** Moor Bank Lodge, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- **Postcode:** NE2 4NL
- **Phone:** 0191 261 5970
- **Email:** admin@freemenofnewcastle.org
- **Website:** www.freemenofnewcastle.org



## Activities

**Objects:** RIGHTS OF RESIDENT FREEMEN AND RESIDENT WIDOWS OF DECEASED FREEMEN TO HERBAGE OVER THE TOWN MOOR I.E. GRAZING RIGHTS FOR TWO MILCH COWS. THE NUMBER OF COWS TO BE PASTURED IS LIMITED TO 800, REPRESENTED BY AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF &quot;STINT TICKETS&quot; DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE SUCCESSFUL FREEMEN AND WIDOWS OF FREEMEN WHO APPLY. SECTION 11 OF THE 1870 ACT SETS OUT THE PROCEDURE AND IN TERMS SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND PERMITS THE RECIPIENTS TO SELL THEIR STINT TICKETS FOR THE BEST PRICES OBTAINABLE.

**Activities:** The effective maintenance of Newcastle Town Moor, overseeing investments and income generated to fund improvements to the Town Moor.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **HENRY DAVID WILSON** | Chair | Oct. 9, 1989 |
| ALAN ROBERT BAINBRIDGE |  | Oct. 9, 2000 |
| BARBARA NESBITT |  | Oct. 11, 2021 |
| CHRISTOPHER GEORGE ATKINSON |  | Oct. 8, 2007 |
| David Waugh |  | Aug. 5, 2020 |
| Henry Alder |  | Oct. 9, 2023 |
| NICHOLAS BARON ATKINSON |  | Oct. 8, 2013 |
| PHILIP POWELL |  | April 9, 2018 |
| Pauline Summerhill |  | Oct. 10, 2022 |
| Robert Edward Brewis |  | June 11, 2025 |
| Timothy Robert Markham Cooper |  | Oct. 7, 2024 |



## Linked charities

- TOWN MOOR MONEY CHARITY (227620-1)
- REBECCA WALKER FUND (227620-2)



