The description of the boundaries of Newburn manor in 1613 included reference to "the stone bridge called Yewsebridge in the way leading from Pontisland to Newcastle...". The present bridge is C20, but that of 1613 was probably medieval in origin.

The description of the boundaries of Newburn manor in 1613 included a reference to "a certen wood crosse called Jacks Crosse in the way leading from Newborne to Newcastle...". Its site must have been somewhere on the road along the river, but more research is needed here. The cross was presumably of medieval date.

In 1331 Ralph de Neville was licensed to work coal in Newburn manor. In 1333 when Henry de Percy gave Newburn to Ralph de Neville, he was allowed 'to make his profit of sea coals found therein'. A coal mine, paying 40s rent, is listed as part of the manor in 1367. Later, in his rental of the manor in 1499/1500, John Cartington listed "A subterran- ean coal mine, rent 106s 8d, in the lord's hand". Its location is unknown. After the Dissolution, coal workings passed to the King who then leased them to the Earl of Northumberland. By 1589 Henry Chapman (Mayor of Newcastle in 1602), Henry Anderson and Mr Mitford leased the pits from the Earl. In 1602 the partners also included Sir Nicholas Tempest and Thomas Liddell, prominent Newcastle coal magnates. Several mines were begun at Newburn in the early C17. In 1608 the Earl's officer George Whitehead procured a colliery viewer who reported that 'yf the mine be rightly used…he will make it worth 400 li' yearely, and he hopes more… woorthe 1000 li. By yeare yf all fall out right'. In 1610 the ninth Earl worked and sold the coal in most of his mines himself. In 1613 some of the mines were leased to Hugh Bird, who had been in the Earl's service, and to James Cole of Newcastle, who had a partnership with Timothy Elkes, one of the Earl's officials. The rent of the 'colemynes' in 1613 was £13 6s 8d. The Chancery Proceedings record that 'the old pitts are worne out of use, and the new pitt of great value is in dispute between his lordship and the lesses of Hugh Bird'. Mayson's survey of Newburn Manor in 1613 records that 'there are no woods or underwoods of any value nowe left within the manor for that they have been greatly wasted and destroyed by James Cole and others for making of steythes and timbering of cole pitts'. In 1615 the Earl was working some the mines in partnership with Thomas Fotherley his Receiver-General and George Whitehead, Receiver of Tynemouth with capital backing from a Mr Taylor of Tower Hill, London. This enterprise lost the Earl lots of money and it abandoned in 1619. The failure was due to several factors - George Whitehead had no mining experience, James Cole had a quarrel with the Earl and mixed bad coal with the Earl's to discredit him in London, and the Newcastle Hostmen who controlled the sale of coal from the Tyne closed all outlets by 1618 so the Earl's coal accumulated unsold at his staiths. In 1619 George Whitehead negotiated a deal with Robert Anderson, Sheriff of Newcastle and Sir Nicholas Tempest, the King's Searcher in Newcastle to vent the 'ould coles' accumulated at Newburn and a reduced fee for transport on the river. From then on the Earl worked his mines but no longer sold his own coal. A rental of 1619 lists the Newburn mines as being held by Sir Nicholas Tempest, knight and Ralphe Cole, merchant. Coal mines outside the demesne of Newburn were held by Martin Halliman and Hugh Bird from Lady Day. John Clarke was to erect a 'staythe'. In 1620 the Newburn mines were leased to Anderson and Tempest. Those previously held by Hugh Bird were leased to James Cole. A plan of Newburn Manor 1620 shows several individual pits in Newburn (HER 11535). In 1622 Sir Nicholas Tempest, knight and Ralphe Cole held the coal mines by indenture for 7 years, paying £100 per year for every pit. Martin Halliman and Hugh Bird held mines outside the demesne from 1611, also paying £100 per year for each pit. A letter from Sir Jacob Astley to Secretary Windebank, Feb 19th 1638-9, asks that a bridge is built at Newburn Ford for the Royalist troops using the boats and keels normally used for transporting coals. He also asks that the horses used in the coal mines in Newburn town are used by the King's troops. If this means that horses were actually being used in the mines, this is a very early date and means sizeable drifts. In 1685 'the tenants are the better enabled to pay their rents by reason of their carrying Coales from his Grace's severall Collieryes… The Tyde comes up from Newcastle to ye west end of ye towne and severall wherrymen Rowes up and downe to Newcastle every Tyde". Dated C14th.

In the Newburn rental of 1499/1500, John Cartington listed "A quarry of slatestones held by John Elyngton and partners yearly rent 60s". Dated C15-16th.

The earliest reference is 1204 when King John granted the manor of Newburn to Robert fitzRoger, lord of Warkworth and sheriff of Northumberland. In 1332 the manor passed to Henry Percy, second lord of Alnwick, and remained in that family thereafter. It was often let, and sometimes used in lieu of dower. In 1367 the manor consisted of a capital messuage and dovecot, 20 carucates and 40 acres of meadow in demesne etc., 18 cottages, 1 waste cottage, 2 water mills, 1 brewery, 1 fishery, a coalmine, plus Butterlaw, Dewley and Walbottle. In 1528 an orchard, garden and barns were included. It took in a large area, roughly between the Ouse Burn (N), the Tyne (S), the Throckley/Heddon boundary (W), Denton (E). The house traditionally known as the manor house is SMR 1291. Dated C13th.

"Until the dissolution of Tynemouth Priory, Sugley had been uncultivated common, upon which the tenants both of Newburn and of Denton had pasture rights". It was separated from the south-west corner of West Denton in the C16, and became a distinct township. In 1610 it was the subject of a law suit as to whether it was in the earl's manor of Newburn or the Erringtons' land of West Denton; the latter seem to have won, and in 1628 Anthony and Mark Errington divided the common between them. The boundaries described in 1610 seem to accord with those on the 1st ed. OS map. In 1628 there was mention of houses built or to be built there. The Lemington Iron Works occupied the south half in the C19; today it is wholly built up.

Denton (unspecified) was listed as a member of the barony of Whalton in 1166, when it consisted of 9 bondage holdings, 2 freeholdings and 3 cottages (2): there were 3 taxpayers in 1296, 6 in 1312. The NCH refers in 1327 to the vills of Denton and Redewood (and describes Redewood as East Denton); in 1381 the manors of Denton and Redewood were granted to Tynemouth Priory, which held them until the Dissolution. The status of both Dentons is obscure, and when they were split into East and West is unknown. Both, however, were distinct townships in the C19. The grid ref indicates the site of West Denton Hall and farm, all that was marked on 1st ed. OS. No archaeological deposits were recorded during an evaluation in the grounds of West Denton Hall in April 2004. The ground had been truncated before the late19th century (the house and grounds were remodelled between 1857 and 1897). Dated C12th.

Denton Hall (or East Denton Hall) is the only remaining feature of the ? Manor/village. A three-storey E-plan stone house, with west porch, and east staircase block tucked in the angle between the north wing and the main part of the house. Notable for its fine mullioned windows. Source 4 notes 18th century and 19th century internal alterations. The large C17 rooms were subdivided in the C18 and a C17-style chimneypiece was inserted in the ground-floor hall in the C19. The roof is a fine example of a once-common type - pantiled, but with stone slates for the lowest courses. Over the porch the date 1622, and initials of Anthony and Dorothy Errington, the builders, Anthony having been granted the manor in 1601/2. The chapel was moved in 2020 from East Denton Hall, which had been the Bishop’s House since 1942 to West Avenue when the Bishop’s residence was moved.

Denton (unspecified) was listed as a member of the barony of Whalton in 1166, when it consisted of 9 bondage holdings, 2 freeholdings and 3 cottages (6); there were 3 taxpayers in 1296, 6 in 1312. The manors of Denton and Redewood (the latter declared by the NCH to be the early name for East Denton) were granted to Tynemouth Priory in 1381, and remained in priory ownership until the Dissolution. The status of East Denton, manor or village or both, and when "Denton" was split into East and West, is unknown. Note, however, the probable existence of Denton chapel (SMR 1299) and of Denton Hall (SMR 1304) - the above grid ref is related to that of the hall. On the site today are the hall, its garden and outbuildings, and remnants of a farm. Dated C12th.

Earliest reference is 1246, when Eustace Delaval made a grant of half the manor of Black Callerton, viz. 12 bovates and 3 cottages. There were 10 tax- payers in 1296. The village then increased in size, the i.p.m. of George Delaval of 1519 recording one manor, 36 tenements, 1 cottage. Reorganization led to a fall in the number of tenants in the late C16, there being only 7 in 1584. Three farms were recorded in 1636, and in 1666 11 houses, including the manor. Today there are 2 farms and 6 cottages. Some earthworks such as ridge and furrow have been noted north of the farms. Dated C13th.