Mason, turbary

HER Number

13280

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Mason, turbary

Place

Mason

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific

Peat Cutting

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A turbary (right of digging peat) at Merdesfen is referred to as land retained when grants were made to the monks of Newminster, Tynemouth Priory and the Nunnery of St. Bartholomew. The turbary was described in 1325 as having its annual value reduced from 10s to 6d. A will of 1327 states that the whole township, along with the turbary had been wasted by the Scots.

Easting

420900

Northing

573500

Grid Reference

NZ420900573500

Sources

Gary Brogan and Steve Speak, 2006, Fox Covert, Archaeology in Northumberland, Northumberland County Council/Northumberland National Park, Vol. 16, page 12; Warren Muncaster, Tyne and Wear Museums, September 2007, Archive Report, Fox Covert OCCS, Dinnington, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Excavation