Bishopwearmouth, medieval bakehouse

HER Number

4479

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, medieval bakehouse

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Bakehouse

Site Type: Specific

Communal Bakehouse

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Hatfield survey of circa 1381 records that Bishopwearmouth demesne land was rented by 16 separate tenants who had a common bakehouse.

Easting

439000

Northing

556000

Grid Reference

NZ439000556000

Sources

<< HER 4479 >> Greenwell (ed.) 1856