North Gosforth village
North Gosforth village
HER Number
164
District
Newcastle
Site Name
North Gosforth village
Place
North Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The earliest reference to the placename, Gosforth, is in 1166, when William son of Siward certified that he held Goseford and half Milletone for the service of one knight's fee. North Gosforth does not appear for certain until the 13th century when 11 taxpayers are listed in 1296 and 14 in 1312. The available documentary evidence suggests gradual decay between the 16th and 18th centuries - in 1533 there were 30 (or 13) messuages; in 1566 8 messuages, 6 cottages & 10 tofts; in 1666 8 houses; and in 1780 3 cottages, 2 of them empty. Suggested sites for the medieval village are Low Gosforth House and Three Mile Bridge, west of the Great North Road and north of the Ouse Burn.
Easting
424000
Northing
570000
Grid Reference
NZ424000570000
Sources
<< HER 164 >> H. Hall, ed. 1896, The Red Book of the Exchequer Part I, Rolls Series 99 p. 440; Part II, pp. 563, 606, 713
Cal. I.P.M.Vol. XV, no. 271
Northumberland Records Office, 18th century - ZBG1/1-18
Northumberland Records Office, Hearth Tax - 1666 - E 179/158/103
Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection - (date unknown) Gosforth Shelf 26, no. 22
Northumberland Records Office,Tithe Award, North Gosforth, DT 357 S
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. I, pp. 321-2
R. Welford, (date unknown) A History of the Parish of Gosforth
S. Holmes, 1883, Recent Investigations at the Ruined Chapel of North Gosforth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, IX, p. 206
M.H. Dodds, 1930, North Gosforth Township, Northumberland County History,XIII, pp. 345-355
Cal. I.P.M.Vol. XV, no. 271
Northumberland Records Office, 18th century - ZBG1/1-18
Northumberland Records Office, Hearth Tax - 1666 - E 179/158/103
Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection - (date unknown) Gosforth Shelf 26, no. 22
Northumberland Records Office,Tithe Award, North Gosforth, DT 357 S
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. I, pp. 321-2
R. Welford, (date unknown) A History of the Parish of Gosforth
S. Holmes, 1883, Recent Investigations at the Ruined Chapel of North Gosforth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, IX, p. 206
M.H. Dodds, 1930, North Gosforth Township, Northumberland County History,XIII, pp. 345-355