Dene Head Farm

Dene Head Farm

HER Number
1802
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Dene Head Farm
Place
Walbottle
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
"Denehead" is shown on Fryer's map of 1820. By Greenwell's map of 1828, the farm is called "Bank Top". The farm is shown on the tithe map of 1848 with a complex of small fields. The land is listed as "Inclosure (sic) part of Dene House Farm. Landowner: His grace the Duke of Northumberland. Occupier: James Hantley". The farm is also shown on Ordnance Survey first and second edition maps.
Easting
416490
Northing
566780
Grid Reference
NZ416490566780
Sources
<< HER 1802 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1854
Drawing School of Architecture, 1976;