Prestwick Carr, common land
Prestwick Carr, common land
HER Number
1325
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Prestwick Carr, common land
Place
Prestwick Carr
Map Sheet
NZ17SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Common Land
Site Type: Specific
Common Land
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In origin a basin mire, in historic times an intermittent lake which was common to the seven surrounding townships of Ponteland, Berwick Hill, Horton Grange, Brenkley, Mason, Dinnington and Prestwick. Drainage was first mentioned, and small-scale works were carried out, in the 18th century. It is probable that enclosure was discussed in 1807 - there were drainage proposals in 1809 and 1835 - but nothing happened until 1855-57, when the Carr was finally drained and enclosed, the Award being dated 25 March 1860.
Easting
419110
Northing
574028
Grid Reference
NZ419110574028
Sources
<< HER 1325 >> J. Horsley, 1730, Materials for the History of Northumberland ?, 19th century reprint, 18-19
E. Mackenzie, 1824, A View of Northumberland, 388
D. Maddison, 1830, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Prestwick Carr & its environs
1839, Plan and section of conduits etc. to take water from the Carr, -Northumberland Records Office, QRUp 49a
1855, Prestwick Carr drainage, Northumberland Records Office, 309.M 106-108
19th century, Prestwick Carr, Northumberland Records Office, ZAN Bell - 35.5, 6, 8; 36 and 37
19th century, Prestwick Carr,Northumberland Records Office, Mitford Coll - nos. 9, 13, 26, 45, 62, 81, 92
T.S. Woolley, 1860, Enclosure Awards, Prestwick Carr -Northumberland Records Office, QRA 42/1-5
A. Raistrick & K.B. Blackburn, 1939, The Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial Periods in the North Pennines, Transactions Northern Naturalist Union, I (for 1931-39), 81-103
R.W. Rennison, 1979, Water to Tyneside, 14-15
E. Mackenzie, 1824, A View of Northumberland, 388
D. Maddison, 1830, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Prestwick Carr & its environs
1839, Plan and section of conduits etc. to take water from the Carr, -Northumberland Records Office, QRUp 49a
1855, Prestwick Carr drainage, Northumberland Records Office, 309.M 106-108
19th century, Prestwick Carr, Northumberland Records Office, ZAN Bell - 35.5, 6, 8; 36 and 37
19th century, Prestwick Carr,Northumberland Records Office, Mitford Coll - nos. 9, 13, 26, 45, 62, 81, 92
T.S. Woolley, 1860, Enclosure Awards, Prestwick Carr -Northumberland Records Office, QRA 42/1-5
A. Raistrick & K.B. Blackburn, 1939, The Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial Periods in the North Pennines, Transactions Northern Naturalist Union, I (for 1931-39), 81-103
R.W. Rennison, 1979, Water to Tyneside, 14-15