Ryton, leper hospital
Ryton, leper hospital
HER Number
522
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton, leper hospital
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
Site Type: Specific
Leper Hospital
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This entry is based on a single documentary reference supposedly to a leper hospital in Ryton, founded before 1242. Its exact location and date of dissolution are unknown.
Easting
415000
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ415000564000
Sources
<< HER 522 >> K.E. Bayley, ed. 1916, Misc. II: Two Thirteenth-Century Durham Assize Rolls, Surtees Society,Vol. 127, p. 19
D. Knowles & R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses - England and Wales, p. 303
D. Knowles & R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses - England and Wales, p. 303