In 1892 T.J. Bell of Cleadon Hall exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle a bronze sword "purchased in South Shields, but probably taken from the river". In 1931 Parker Brewis speculated that it had probably been dredged from the Tyne for "Mr. T.J. Bell...bought such things from the Tyne dredger men, and the blade...is bent and scored as if by a dredger bucket". The mention of South Shields led Cowen to locate its discovery in "the lower reaches of the Tyne". The sword lacks all the tang and part of the butt, so has a minimum length of 600 mm (1 feet 11.5 inches), is 1 1/8 inches wide at the centre of the blade, 2 1/8 inches wide next to the handle. The blade is bent; there are 6 rivet-holes in the butt.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
In 1892 T.J. Bell of Cleadon Hall exhibited to the Antiquaries a bronze sword "purchased in South Shields, but probably taken from the river".(1) In 1931 Parker Brewis speculated that it had probably been dredged from the Tyne for "Mr. T.J. Bell...bought such things from the Tyne dredger men, and the blade...is bent and scored as if by a dredger bucket".(3) The mention of South Shields led Cowen to locate its discovery in "the lower reaches of the Tyne", and Miket to conjure up a grid ref just off the Lawe. The sword lacks all the tang and part of the butt, so has a minimum length of 6oo mm (1 ft 11.5 ins), is 1 1/8 ins wide at the centre of the blade, 2 1/8 ins wide next to the handle. The blade is bent; there are 6 rivet-holes in the butt. Hallstatt C sword.
Site Name
River Tyne, bronze sword
Site Type: Specific
Sword
HER Number
769
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 769 >> T.J. Bell, 1893, Exhibited,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, V (for 1891-92), pp. 160-1
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, pp. 9-10
P. Brewis, 1931, Additions to the Museum, The Thomas James Bell CollectionProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, IV (for 1929-30), pp. 104, 140
J.D. Cowen, 1967, The Hallstatt Sword of Bronze: on the Continent and in Britain, Proceedings Prehistoric Society, XXXIII, p. 445 no. 200
A.J. Challis & D.W. Harding, 1975, Later Prehistory from the Trent to the Tyne, British Archaeological Report, 20 pt. ii, p. 35 no. 3
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 81 and p. 83 fig. 26 no. 10
SURVIVAL
60-79%
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
767
DAY1
24
DAY2
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SE 89
Northing
563800
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Place
Newcastle
Description
First published in 1881, its discovery is not well recorded, but it is said to have been dredged from the Tyne a little below Newcastle in the same place as HER no. 767, perhaps near Tyne Bridge, in 1885. It was eventually donated to the Society of Antiquaries by the then Tyne Improvement Commissioners. It is described by Cowen thus: "An elegant piece in brilliant condition, lacks the tip. Semi-circular notch in upper edge of pommel-piece is little more than the enlarged lower half of a peg-hole". The sword is described as 694 or 700 mm long, and has once been in two pieces. The handle is pierced by 7 rivet-holes, 4 on the butt and 3 on the handle. It is similar to, but slightly longer than, Her No. 767, with which it has previously been confused.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Dredged from the Tyne(2), a little below Newcastle in the same place as SMR 767(9), near Tyne Bridge(10), in 1885(12), but first published in 1881(1). In other words, its discovery is not well recorded, and Miket's grid ref (given above) is his usual random selection of numbers. It was eventually donated to the Society of Antiquaries by the then Tyne Improvement Commissioners.(2) It is described by Cowen thus: "An elegant piece in brilliant condition, lacks the tip. Semi-circular notch in upper edge of pommel-piece is little more than the enlarged lower half of a peg-hole". The sword is 694(10) or 700(12) mm long, and has once been in two pieces. The handle is pierced by 7 rivet-holes, 4 on the butt and 3 on the handle. It is similar to, but slightly longer than, SMR 767 "with which it has more than once been confused". Evans, for instance, attributes it to the Greenwell Collection.
Site Name
River Tyne, bronze sword
Site Type: Specific
Sword
HER Number
768
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 768 >> J. Evans, 1881, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons...of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 281 and fig. 344
R. Blair, 1887, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, II (for 1885-6), p. 333
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889, 2, III (for 1887-88), 233, 253, 309, opp. 408
Photo, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907, 3, II (for 1905-06), opp. p. 226, no. 3
O. Montelius, 1908, The Chonology of the British Bronze Age, Archaeologia, LXI, p. 143, pl. XVII fig. 142
W.P. Brewis, 1923, Archaeologia, LXXII, pp. 258-9 pls. XLI-XLII, figs. 25, 25 a & b
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, p.21 figs. 20 and 22, and p. 22
J.D. Cowen, 1967, The Hallstatt Sword of Bronze: on the Continent and in Britain,Proceedings Prehisotirc Society, XXXIII, p. 444 no. 198
A.J. Challis & D.W. Harding, 1975, Later Prehistory from the Trent to the Tyne, British Archaeological Report, 20 pt. ii, p. 35 and fig. 76 no. 2
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 44 and p. 46 fig. 14 no. 9
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
768
DAY1
23
DAY2
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
427400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MAP2
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SE 86
Northing
563400
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Place
Newcastle
Description
Said to have been dredged from the Tyne below Newcastle, but exactly where and when is unclear. Presumed to have once been in the possession of the antiquarian, Canon Greenwell, since it is now in the British Museum as part of the Canon Greenwell Collection. The sword is 692 mm long, 31 mm max. width, with a blade 7 mm thick, i.e. a little shorter than HER no. 768, with which it has more than once been confused. There is a wide V-shaped cleft in the end of the pommel-piece, and the handle is pierced by 8 rivet-holes, 4 on the butt, 3+1 on the handle, the last being on the pommel-piece "below, and quite separate from the point of the cleft - a unique feature".
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Said to have been dredged from the Tyne below Newcastle(4) and is variously located, the grid ref being Miket's, the second map no. the OS choice. Date of recovery is not recorded. As it is now in the British Museum as part of the Greenwell Collection it had presumably passed through the Canon's hands, though he does not seem to claim it in his lecture to the Antiquaries.(1) The sword is 692 mm (27.5 ins) long, 31 mm (1.25 ins) max width, with a blade 7 mm thick, i.e. a trifle shorter than SMR 768, with which it has more than once been confused. There is a wide V-shaped cleft in the end of the pommel- piece, and the handle is pierced by 8 rivet-holes, 4 on the butt, 3+1 on the handle, the last being on the pommel-piece "below, and quite separate from the point of the cleft - a unique feature". Hallstatt C sword, class c. Complete.
Site Name
River Tyne, bronze sword
Site Type: Specific
Sword
HER Number
767
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 767 >> W. Greenwell, 1889, Ancient British Implements of Bronze, Etc.Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, III (for 1887-88), p. 309
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, I, pp. 206-07
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907, 3, II (for 1905-06), opp. p. 226, no. 2
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 21 fig. 21 and p. 22
J.D. Cowen, 1967, The Hallstatt Sword of Bronze: on the Continent and in Britain,Proceedings Prehistoric Society, XXXIII, p. 445 no. 199, pl. LX.3
A.J. Challis & D.W. Harding, 1975, Later Prehistory from the Trent to the Tyne, British Archaeological Report, 20, pt. ii, p. 35 no. 4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 43 and 45, fig. 13 no. 7
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
01
DAY2
24
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433755
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568050
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chirton
Description
The Northumbelrand County History suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Chirton area. There is, however, not another published reference until 1633 when the Crown granted to William Scriven and William Eden the coal mines of East and Middle Chirton.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
The NCH suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Chirton area. There is, however, not another published reference until 1633 when the Crown granted to William Scriven and William Eden the coal mines of East and Middle Chirton.
Site Name
Chirton coal mine
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
766
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 766 >> W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 244-45
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Collieries and the Coal Trade, Northumberland County History, VIII, 19
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2020
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
764
DAY1
01
DAY2
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433770
EASTING2
33
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
568453
NORTHING2
68
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chirton
Description
West Chirton village (HER no. 764) was cleared at some point between 1377 and 1538. In 1539, after the Dissolution, Sir Thomas Hilton, Crown tenant of the priory and its estates, was not held to account for the rent of the Grange or Vaccary of Westcherton, Howdon Close and open pasture on the moor. They were among property retained in the custody of the constable of Tynemouth Castle for the king's use. In 1631 the grange, etc. was granted to William Collins and Edward Fenn. This may be the forerunner of one of the farms surviving on the first edition Ordnance Survey map: West Chirton House, West Chirton Farm & High Chirton.
Site Type: Broad
Religious House
SITEDESC
West Chirton village (SMR 764) was cleared at some point between 1377 and 1538. In 1539, after the Dissolution, Sir Thomas Hilton, Crown tenant of the priory and its estates, was not held to account for the rent of the Grange or Vaccary of Westcherton, Howdon Close and open pasture on the moor. They were among property retained in the custody of the constable of Tynemouth Castle for the king's use. In 1631 the grange etc. was granted to William Collins and Edward Fenn. Is this the forerunner of one of the farms surviving on the OS 1st ed., West Chirton House, West Chirton Farm, High Chirton? Dated C16th.
Site Name
West Chirton grange
Site Type: Specific
Grange
HER Number
765
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 765 >> W.S.Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 218, 243-4; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2009, Norham Community Technical College, North Shields - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2021
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
755, 765
DAY1
24
DAY2
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433750
EASTING2
33
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
568453
NORTHING2
68
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chirton
Description
Flatworth and West Chirton together formed part of the Wirecester barony of Hadston, created by Henry I. In 1158 Henry II ordered Flatworth to be given to Tynemouth Priory, and in 1166 Jordan Heron held the lands "which may be identified with West Chirton". In 1256 the priory acquired the manor of West Chirton, and though they evicted some tenants, there were 14 in 1294 and 12 in 1296. At some date after 1377, and before the Dissolution of 1538, the tenants of West Chirton were evicted, their lands annexed to Flatworth and turned into pasture. Such an early desertion, and the extensive modern development of the area, has left no visible evidence. Positions on the north side of the Newcastle-Tynemouth road west of East Chirton, and perhaps west of Balkwell Avenue (ex Balkwell Lane) are possible locations.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
"Flatworth and West Chirton together formed part of the Wirecester barony of Hadston, created by Henry I...". In 1158 Henry II ordered Flatworth to be given to Tynemouth Priory, and in 1166 Jordan Heron held the lands "which may be identified with West Chirton". In 1256 the priory acquired the manor of West Chirton, and though they evicted some tenants 14 paid tallage in 1294, and 12 the lay subsidy of 1296. At some date after 1377, and before the Dissolution of 1538, the tenants of West Chirton were evicted, their lands annexed to Flatworth and turned into pasture. Such an early desertion, and the extensive modern development of the area, has left no visible evidence, and the grid refs suggested by the OS and Wrathmell are mere guesses based on farms etc. on the 1st ed. A position on the north side of the Newcastle-Tynemouth road west of East Chirton, and perhaps west of Balkwell Avenue (ex Balkwell Lane) is a possibility but no more. Dated C13th.
Site Name
West Chirton village
Site Type: Specific
Deserted Settlement
HER Number
764
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 764 >> Newcastle Record Series, Northumberland Pleas, 1198-1272 II, nos. 26, 77, 88
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 216-18, 243-4; II (1847), lxxxxiv
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, Chirton Township, VIII, 334-41
Northumberland Records Office Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Cardiff S. Wrathmell, Villages of South Northumberland II, 337-8
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2021
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
762, 764
DAY1
22
DAY2
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433727
EASTING2
337
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
568453
NORTHING2
680
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chirton
Description
The township of Chirton lay west of Tynemouth and Preston, and came to include 3 villages. Between 1093 and 1116 two Chirtons were granted to Tynemouth Priory and, since the priory did not acquire West Chirton until 1256, these two must have been East and Middle Chirton. The earliest specific reference seems to be in Vita Ordnance Survey mapwini, c. 1111. In 1294 there were 14 tenants; in 1295 11 bondagers each held 36 acres. The bondage system did not survive, however, and at the Dissolution there were 3 customary tenants with identical holdings while two-thirds of the township were common pasture or waste. Clearly the settlement had shrunk before the end of the Middle Ages, and before 1604 all 3 tenements were in the hands of one family, the Reeds of East Chirton, and later the Milbankes. In 1805 their Balkwell estate was sold. The site of the original village is uncertain - perhaps either Balkwell or West Chirton House, both of which appear on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The township of Chirton lay west of Tynemouth and Preston, and came to include 3 villages. Between 1093 and 1116 two Chirtons were granted to Tynemouth Priory and, since the priory did not acquire West Chirton until 1256, these two must have been East and Middle Chirton. The earliest specific reference seems to be in Vita Oswini, c. 1111. In 1294 there were 14 tenants; in 1295 11 bondagers each held 36 acres. The bondage system did not survive, however, and at the Dissolution there were 3 customary tenants with identical holdings while two-thirds of the township were common pasture or waste. Clearly the settlement had shrunk before the end of the Middle Ages, and before 1604 all 3 tenements were in the hands of one family, the Reeds of East Chirton, and later the Milbankes. In 1805 their Balkwell estate was sold. The site of the original village is uncertain - perhaps either Balkwell (1st ed. OS0, first grid ref.; or - favoured by Wrathmell - West Chirton House (1st ed. OS), second grid ref. Dated C13th.
Site Name
Middle Chirton village
Site Type: Specific
Deserted Settlement
HER Number
763
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 763 >> Surtees Society, Vita Oswini 8, p. 49
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, passim; II (1847), lxxxiv, cxlviii
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Chirton Township, Northumberland County History, VIII, 329-34
C.M. Fraser, ed. Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 104
1580, Tynemouthshire Rental, 1DE 10.1 -Northumberland Records Office
1620, Contributions for the King of Bohemia, 1DE 15.12-Northumberland Records Office
Land Tax, C188, Land Tax for 1705 and 1708, 753 Box 3, Bundle B no. 12 -Northumberland Records Office
J. Fryer, 1784, Balkwell Farm, Shelf 21 no. 4-Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection
Ordnance Survey maps, 1858, 1st ed. 1:2500 LXXXIX.11
S. Wrathmell, Villages of South Northumberland, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Cardiff, II, 336-7
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2021
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
763, 764
DAY1
21
DAY2
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
434600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568300
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chirton
Description
The township of Chirton lay west of Tynemouth and Preston, and came to include 3 villages, of which only the site of East Chirton seems reasonably certain. Between 1093 and 1116 two Chirtons were granted to Tynemouth Priory and, while later evidence shows these to be East and Middle Chirton, they were not explicitly described as such until 1292. In 1294 East Chirton had 10 tax-paying tenants, and 4 with minor holdings. During the Middle Ages pieces of land were acquired by the priory as demesne, and at the Dissolution there were 5 tenements here, described in 1606 as each having a house, barn and garth, with 45 acres of arable, etc. The street pattern survives, but all the buildings have been replaced. The village lay on the east-west Newcastle to Tynemouth road at its junction with Silkey's Lane and Chirton Lane (ex Billy Mill Lane).
SITEASS
The medieval street pattern survives, but all the buildings have been replaced. The village lay on the east-west Newcastle to Tynemouth road at its junction with Silkey's Lane and Chirton Lane (ex Billy Mill Lane). An archaeological evaluation at the Collingwood Arms Hotel, Front Street in 2004 failed to record any archaeological deposits.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The township of Chirton lay west of Tynemouth and Preston, and came to include 3 villages, of which only the site of East Chirton seems reasonably certain. Between 1093 and 1116 two Chirtons were granted to Tynemouth Priory and, while later evidence shows these to be East and Middle Chirton, they were not explicitly described as such until 1292. In 1294 East Chirton had 10 tax-paying tenants, and 4 with minor holdings. During the Middle Ages pieces of land were acquired by the priory as demesne, and at the Dissolution there were 5 tenements here, described in 1606 as each having a house, barn and garth, with 45 acres of arable etc. Lands within East Chirton gradually fell into fewer and fewer hands. Two of the five farms were bought by Ralph Reed, a colliery owner and salt manufacturer, which were sold by his son to John Clarke, an agent of the Earl of Northumberland who built Chirton Hall in the early 1670s. Dated C12th.
Site Name
East Chirton village
Site Type: Specific
Village
HER Number
762
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 762 >> W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, passim; II (1847) lxxxiv, cxlvii
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Chirton Township, Northumberland County History, VIII, 315-41
1580, Tynemouthshire Rental, 1 DE 10.1 -Northumberland Records Office
Land Tax, C188, East Chirton Land Tax, 1705 and 1708 753 Box 3, Bundle B no. 12 -Northumberland Records Office
1769, Chirton Estate, Shelf 21 nos. 6 and 8 Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection
Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection, (date unknown) Chirton Estate, Shelf 21 no. 9
Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection, (date unknown) Tynemouth Brewery and M. Robson lands, Shelf 21 no. 13
Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection, 1757 Tynemouth, Preston, North Shields, Chirton, Shelf 21 no. 27
Tithe Award,1845, Chirton, DT 100S, Northumberland Records Office
Ordnance Survey maps, 1858, 1st ed. 1:2500 LXXXIX.11
J. Taggart, (Rev) 1963, A History of Chirton, Limited circulation work
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2004, Collingwood Arms Hotel, Front Street, Chirton, Archaeological Assessment; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2004, Collingwood Arms Hotel, Front Street, Chirton, Archaeological Evaluation
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
741
DAY1
17
DAY2
08
District
N Tyneside
Easting
434000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571000
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Monkseaton
Description
The Northumberland County History suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Monkseaton area, but the earliest published document is the account of Robert Arderne, the Queen's collector in Tynemouthshire, for 1577-78, which records the receipt of 20s of new rents for the pit or pits and mines of coal acquired, opened, dug or won in the territory of Monkseaton and other nearby places. The pits had been let to John Robinson for 21 years by letters patent dated 24 July 1584 (there is clearly some confusion over these dates). In 1584 the Monkseaton pits were drowned out, but mines did appear to be working in this area in the 17th century.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
The NCH suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Monkseaton area, but the earliest published document is the account of Robert Arderne, the Queen's collector in Tynemouthshire, for 20 Eliz. (1577-78), which records the receipt of 20s of new rents for the pit or pits and mines of coal acquired, opened, dug or won in the territory of Monkseaton and other nearby places. The pits had been let to John Robinson for 21 years by letters patent dated 24 July 26 Eliz. The dates seem irreconcilable - is this Gibson's error? In 1584 the Monkseaton pits were drowned out, but mines did appear to be working in this area in the C17. The record of Borings and Sinkings by the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers (1885) gives the depth of Monkseaton Pit in 1754. Dated C16th.
Site Name
Monkseaton coal mine
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
761
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 761 >> W.S. Gibson, 1847 The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, II, cxlviii
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, 17-19
M. Snape, 2004, Tyne and Wear Museums, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside Archaeological Assessment, p 12
Mining Institute, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885, Strata of Northumberland and Durham, Borings and Sinkings
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
117
DAY1
01
DAY2
13
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437300
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569400
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Part of the church of the Benedictine Tynemouth Priory "was set apart for parochial purposes and divided from the rest of the building by a stone screen erected at the time of the Transitional extension of the chancel". The vicar was appointed by the prior of Tynemouth, and the vicarage generously endowed. After the Dissolution the nave of the priory church, i.e. the parish church, remained standing and in use, to the annoyance of the governors of the castle. It steadily decayed, however, and when the Civil war broke out the parishioners could no longer obtain access to it. In 1650 it was "quite ruined", ten years later the roof fell in, and a new parish church (Christ Church) was built to replace it. The first baptism there took place in 1675.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Part of the church of the Benedictine Tynemouth Priory "was set apart for parochial purposes and divided from the rest of the building by a stone screen erected at the time of the Transitional extension of the chancel". The vicar was appointed by the prior of Tynemouth, and the vicarage generously endowed. After the Dissolution the nave of the priory church, i.e. the parish church, remained standing and in use, to the annoyance of the governors of the castle. It steadily decayed, however, and when the Civil war broke out the parishioners could no longer obtain access to it. In 1650 it was "quite ruined", ten years later the roof fell in, and a new parish church (Christ Church) was built to replace it. The first baptism there took place in 1675. Dated C12th.
Site Name
Church of SS Oswin and Mary
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
HER Number
760
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Sources
<< HER 760 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Tynemouth Parish Church, Northumberland County History, VIII, 124-9