Anthony Errington's Close and House

HER Number

11591

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Anthony Errington's Close and House

Place

Whorlton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Anthony Errington's Close and House are shown on a plan of 1620 along with Anthony Errington's Meadow and Mark Errington's pasture field called East Whorlton. On a plan of 1710 the house is labelled Mr. Cally's House and there are two large tracts of land enclosed from Newburn, Walbottle and Butterlaw Common to the west and south called Mr. Cally's Farm. Labelled Whorlton on a plan of 1767.

Easting

418700

Northing

568500

Grid Reference

NZ418700568500

Sources

A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A history of Northumberland XIII, p. 158; William Cuthbertson, 1710, Plan of Dewley, Butterlaw and Whorleton Moor (Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div.xvii, No. 2); I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25