In 1185 Fenham was given to the Knights Templars. Between their suppression in 1307, and the vesting of their property in the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in 1313, the crown disposed of much of the confiscated property, and the corporation of Newcastle apparently obtained a lease of the coal mines in Fenham. In 1404 the corporation had a lease of these mines from the Knights Hospitallers. Dated C14th.

A member of the manor of Elswick and barony of Bolam, Fenham was given to the Order of Knights Templars in 1185 and remained with them until their suppression in 1307. It eventually passed to the Knights Hospitallers, and was administered from Chibburn Preceptory until the Dissolution in 1540. In 1537 it had been leased to George Davell. The site of any medieval buildings is unknown, so the above grid reference no more than indicates the position of Fenham Hall. The area was, however, a township. Does this mean the grange succeeded a village? Was it in the same category as Wardley, Chopwell, Stella and Woolsington? Dated C12th.

"Mr. Thornhill, Surgeon, has presented a Greek colonial coin of Trajan, with the reverse of Jupiter Ammon's head, found, singularly enough, in digging a garden at Bulman's Village, Newcastle. The Chairman observed that the old north road passed along the foot of those gardens, and that its hollow may still be traced". This was noted in the Society of Antiquaries' Donations Book under 1863, and is presumably in the Society's Coin Collection. It is not in the Museum of Antiquities. Dated C2.

The NCH records the existence, in 1930, of a manor house, opposite the 19th century hall, with possible C17 architectural details. Bertram drew part of the west gable to show (variously described) either an oriel window, or "a jutty, rather like a common type of medieval garderobe, supported on moulded and filleted corbels and containing a two-light window with plain chamfered jambs and mullion…". There was a string course above the mullion, and above that a three-stepped tympanum bearing the date 1616. Though the gable was noted as the oldest part of the manor house there is also a suggestion that the details may have been inserted. From about 1897 to 1921 the house was occupied by the Potts family. It was demolished c. 1960.

In 1378-85 there was a suit between William of West Heddon and Maud his wife, of Kenton, and Robert Conyers and Joan his wife, of West Brunton, over the quarry in Kenton. Robert etc. had taken the tools from the workers of William's tenant so that the tenant was afraid to work the quarry. William was to recover possession, and receive damages. The NCH happily equates this with the very large quarry on the south side of the road at the east end of the village, - only closed in the mid C20. Dated C14th.

There is reference to a windmill at Kenton in 1293, when Christine, daughter of Iseult of Kenton, was struck by the arm of the mill. She died 15 days later. "The jury brought in a verdict of misadventure and valued the mill as follows:..." the price of the wheel inside, the running stone, arms and sails, together with the axle 20s. Dated C13th.

First reference is C12, William of Newham (living in 1166) and Ralph his brother giving Kenton to William's daughter. A member of the barony of Whalton. 6 taxpayers in 1296. The original shape of this hamlet is uncertain, but it was perhaps T-shaped, with an E-W two-row layout at right-angles to another running S to the Town Moor, the first possibly with a green. By the mid 19th century it was extremely straggly, perhaps having been stretched out by the addition of post-medieval miners' dwellings. Dated C12th.

There are references in 1228-29 to a law suit concerning Newbiggin, and it appears in the Lay Subsidy Roll with 8 tax-payers as "Neubyging' Faudon'" when the NCH interprets it as "a settlement on the moor sent out from Fawdon". A member of the barony of Whalton at the beginning, it was in the ownership of the Greystoke family, later the Dacres and Howards, C15-C17, and the Bells of Woolsington from before 1826 to 1922. A map of 1789 shows 2 farms?, High Newbiggin at the W end of the complex, and Low Newbiggin, in the Green, and with a pond, at the E end. Was this the village? By 1858 Newbiggin hall has appeared beside (High) Newbiggin, (Wrathmell thinks in the course of emparking), and Low Newbiggin has been moved from NZ 204 680 to NZ 196 686, i.e. north-west and out into the fields. There is a map of the farm in 1920. Dated C13th.

Flint flake. "Length 70 mm, width 38 mm, thickness 18 mm. Found in 1959".

In 1893, when some workmen were putting in a new drain, they found an axe- hammer in Burnup's timber yard, north of St. Thomas' church. One source says the find was made a a little below the surface, another "some few feet below the surface". Made of granodiorite, "length 119 mm, cutting edges 89 mm and 41 mm, max. width 61 mm. An hour-glass perforation (20 mm dia.) has been drilled from both sides". The find was submitted to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by Canon Greenwell.