East Denton village

HER Number

1303

District

Newcastle

Site Name

East Denton village

Place

East Denton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Shrunken Village

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Denton was listed as a member of the barony of Whalton in 1166, when it consisted of 9 bondage holdings, 2 freeholdings and 3 cottages; there were 3 taxpayers in 1296, 6 in 1312. The manors of Denton and Redewood (the latter perhaps the early name for East Denton) were granted to Tynemouth Priory in 1381, and remained in priory ownership until the Dissolution. When "Denton" was split into East and West, is unknown. On the site today are the hall, its garden and outbuildings, and remnants of a farm surrounded by housing estates.

Easting

419900

Northing

565700

Grid Reference

NZ419900565700

Sources

<< HER 1303 >> W. Hamilton Thompson, ed. 1921, Northumberland Pleas, 1198-1272 II, nos. 331, 656, pp. 104, 217 -Newcastle Record Series
M.H. Dodds, 1930, East and West Denton and Sugley Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 183-200
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, pp. 158, 225; II, p. clv
Tithe Awards, 1845, East Denton, DT 150 M -Northumberland Records Office
W.W. Tomlinson, 1894, Denton Hall and its associations, passim
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, - Vol. II, 357-8 -Northumberland Records Office
1754, East Denton Estate, 23a, no. 16 (& 9) -Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection