Thomas Humphrey's Farm

HER Number

16876

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Thomas Humphrey's Farm

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

Farm at the north end of Old Penshaw shown on the 1775 Tempest plan and subsequent plans. Tithe plan 1848 states the landowner as George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and the tenent as Thomas Humphrey.

Easting

433020

Northing

553980

Grid Reference

NZ433020553980

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227)