Castle Farm

HER Number

16601

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Castle Farm

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Castle Farm labelled on Bell's plan of Backworth Township 1852 but buildings shown in the farms location on earlier maps of c.1800 (Ralph Grey estate plan) and possibly Sauthier's map of 1788 (unclear). Labelled as Castle Hills on the 1865 OS plan but back to Castle Farm by 1898. Extant 1951. One cottage is shown on modern mapping as Castle Farm Cottage. It is unknown whether this is part of the original farm buildings.

Easting

429760

Northing

572170

Grid Reference

NZ429760572170

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, West Shiremoor (North), Shiremoor - archaeological assessment; Sauthier, 1778 Plan of the East Part of Northumberland; Bell, 1852 Plan of Backworth Township, Ralph Grey Estate Plan, c.1800