Shiremoor
Shiremoor
HER Number
1370
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Shiremoor
Place
Shiremoor
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
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
The common of the manor (shire) of Tynemouth, enclosed in 1790 by Act of Parliament. It had a maximum altitude of 70 metres and amounted to over 1000 acres. To the west it bordered with Killingworth Moor. Rights of common were confined to the tenants of Preston, East and Middle Chirton, Whitley and Monkseaton, Murton, Earsdon and Backworth, and to 6 freehold farms belonging to the lord of the manor of Tynemouth. Early surveys recorded a pinfold and the herd's house on the moor.
Easting
431428
Northing
571316
Grid Reference
NZ431428571316
Sources
<< HER 1370 >> Northumberland Records Office, National Record Officellment Books - 1790 Shiremoor Enclosure Award Vol. 6, pp. 490 et seq.
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, Shiremoor VIII, 412-16;
RAF/CPE/UK/2352 RP 4013 04-OCT-1947
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, Shiremoor VIII, 412-16;
RAF/CPE/UK/2352 RP 4013 04-OCT-1947