Brenkley, turbary

HER Number

13281

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brenkley, turbary

Place

Brenkley

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

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 Brenkley is referred to as land retained when grants were made to the monks of Newminster, Tynemouth Priory and the Nunnery of St. Bartholomew.

Easting

421700

Northing

575000

Grid Reference

NZ421700575000

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