Stella manor
Stella manor
HER Number
623
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Stella manor
Place
Stella
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Manor
Site Type: Specific
Manor
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In the mid 12th century Bishop William of St. Barbara granted "Stellinglei", with all appurts of woodland, meadows, fisheries, mills etc. to the Nunnery of St. Bartholomew in Newcastle, which held the manor for 13s 4d p.a. until the Dissolution. There is no clue as to how the nunnery used this property, or what buildings they may have had here. After the Dissolution it passed through a number of Catholic families, and belonged to Joseph Cowen in the late 19th century.
Easting
417470
Northing
563890
Grid Reference
NZ417470563890
Sources
<< HER 623 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1852, Boldon Buke, Surtees Society, 25, p. 69
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 90-
J. Brand, 1789, Newcastle I, pp. 205-07 n.
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, II, p. 440 and n.
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, pp. 270-1
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of...Durham, I, pp. 189-93
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889, Stella Hall, 2, III (for 1887-88), pp. 369-71
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 63-74
N. Pevsner rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, p. 433
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 90-
J. Brand, 1789, Newcastle I, pp. 205-07 n.
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, II, p. 440 and n.
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, pp. 270-1
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of...Durham, I, pp. 189-93
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889, Stella Hall, 2, III (for 1887-88), pp. 369-71
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 63-74
N. Pevsner rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, p. 433