In 1952 the Ordnance Survey recorded a mound in Axwell Park, and gave its dimensions as 9.30 m diam east-west, 8.70 m north-south, and 0.80 m high. It has been suggested as a possible prehistoric burial mound, and it is interesting to note that what was almost certainly a prehistoric burial with pot (HER nos. 505- 507) was found in Axwell Park in the 18th century. It was not visible when the site was visited in the mid-1970s.
SITEASS
Visit the site perhaps.
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
SITEDESC
In 1952 the O.S. recorded a fern covered mound in Axwell Park, and gave its dimensions as 9.30 m diam E-W, 8.70 m N-S, and 0.80 m high. It was not visible when Young visited it in 1974, and in 1976 the O.S. could not find it, and suggested it had either been removed by quarrying, or was covered by dense undergrowth. In Young's Class C - possible but unproven. Note that what was almost certainly a prehistoric burial with pot (HER 505) was found in Axwell Park in the 18th century - connected?
Site Name
Axwell Park, barrow
Site Type: Specific
Barrow
HER Number
504
Form of Evidence
Levelled Earthwork
Sources
<< HER 504 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, mound - possible tumulus
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 5 no. 6
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25 no. 16
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
09
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
415725
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MAP2
NZ16NW
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 16 NE 20
Northing
568227
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Throckley
Description
A polished stone axe was found on Throckley Fell, and donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1814. There is no recorded findspot, however, and it could have been found in Northumberland. The axe has been described as 8.5 in (21.4 cm) long, 3 1/8 in (8 cm) broad at the cutting edge, 1.25 in wide at the butt, 1 3/8 in (36 mm) thick, and 1 lb 14 oz in weight.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
A polished stone axe was found on Throckley Fell, and donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1814. There is no recorded findspot, and it could have been found in Northumberland. NZ 16 NE is perhaps slightly more likely than 16 NW. The grid references suggested by the OS have been omitted as mere guesswork. The axe has been described as 8.5 in (21.4 cm) long, 3 1/8 in (8 cm) broad at the cutting edge, 1.25 in wide at the butt, 1 3/8 in (36 mm) thick, and 1 lb 14 oz in weight. It is said to be chipped on one side of its blade, and perhaps to be of felsite (J.D. Cowen).
Site Name
Throckley Fell, polished axe
Site Type: Specific
Polished Axehead
HER Number
503
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 503 >> Archaeologia Aeliana, 1822, Donations, 1, I, p. 4
J. Evans, 1897, Stone Implements, 2nd ed., p. 128
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 14
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 13, 14, no. 1
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
2020
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
01
DAY2
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557700
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Marley
Description
The earliest reference to Marley is in Boldon Buke (1183 survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset), where Merleia is recorded as rendering 1 mark, and attending the great chase with one greyhound, but being free of other services. In 1384, with the manors of Gibside and Hedley, it left the first Merley family, but in 1415 reverted to the second, who held Gibside (and hence Marley) until 1540. The estate eventually passed to the Earls of Strathmore. There is no medieval information about the village which is traditionally sited at High Marley Hill.
SITEASS
Check the site for possible earthworks, a.p.s, and Strathmore Papers in DRO.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The earliest reference is in Boldon Buke (1183 survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset), where Marley (Merleia) is recorded as rendering 1 mark, and attending the great chase with one greyhound, but being free of other services. In the early C14 it was held with Gibside of the See of Durham by homage, fealty, suit of court and 1 mark exchequer rent. In 1384, with the manors of Gibside and Hedley, it left the first Merley family, but in 1415 reverted to the second, who held Gibside (and hence Marley) until 1540. The estate then went via the Blakistons to the Bowes of Streatlam Castle, and so became the property of the Earls of Strathmore. There is no medieval information about the village which is traditionally sited at High Marley Hill, Bourn even suggesting that Marley Hill House was the site of the Merleys' mansion. Dated C12th.
Site Name
Marley village
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken village
HER Number
502
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 502 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1852, Boldon Buke, Surtees Society, Vol. 25, pp. 33, 67
W. Greenwell,ed. 1857, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society,Vol. 32, pp. 117-118
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 253, 256
W. Bourn, 1893, Whickham Parish, pp. 83-4
B.K. Roberts & D. Austin, 1975, A Preliminary Check-List of Rural Clusters in County Durham, p. 33
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
5006
DAY1
01
DAY2
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
417510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 15 NE 7
Northing
558770
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gibside
Description
A grass-covered flat-topped round earthen mound, situated in the grounds of Gibside Hall, on high ground, overlooking the Derwent Valley to the north. When it was first recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1959 there were traces of a 2 m wide ditch round the mound, suggesting it as a possible prehistoric burial mound. Recently it has been suggested as a planting mound dating from the 18th - 19th century. A circular stone trough occupies the top of the mound, perhaps suggesting it had been part of an ornamental feature.
Site Type: Broad
Artificial Mound
SITEDESC
"A grass-covered flat-topped round earthen mound, situated in the grounds of Gibside Hall, on high ground, overlooking the Derwent Valley to the N". When it was first recorded by the OS in 1959 there were traces of a 2 m wide ditch round the mound which was then in an arable field. Young recorded it as devoid of ditch and in an area planted with conifers. 1.60 m high, 16.50 m diam. A circular stone trough occupies the top of the mound, perhaps suggesting it had been part of an ornamental feature. In Young's Class C, possible barrow but unproven. Harry Beamish is quite certain it was a planting mound, and hence 18th century/C19. Stone basin.
Site Name
Gibside Estate, garden planting mound
Site Type: Specific
Prospect Mound
SITE_STAT
Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II*
HER Number
501
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Sources
<< HER 501 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, E.C. Waight, 1959 mound
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New Series Vol. 5, p. 15 no. 97
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 12 no. 1
Pers. Comm. H. Beamish, 1993, Planting mound at Gibside -Historic Environment Record
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
450
DAY1
22
DAY2
31
District
Newcastle
Easting
425200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Newcastle
Description
Two Roman coins found in the Tyne on the site of the Roman bridge. One is a Sestertius of Hadrian from Newcastle (A.D. 132-4). On the obverse side is a bust of Hadrian with the legend HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, on the reverse is the imperial barge with the Emperor enthroned between two standards at the stern and a colossal wind-god as a figurehead on the prow, with the legend FELICITATI AVG(VSTI) CO(N)S(VLIS) III P(ATRIS) P(ATRIAE). The second coin is of Faustina the elder, wife of Antoninus Pius. On the obverse side is a draped head and bust with the legend, DIVA FAVSTINA; on the reverse side is a standing figure and the legend, AETERNITAS. Probably, like other coins from the site of the bridge, these were votive offerings to the river.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
1. "Sestertius of Hadrian from Newcastle A.D. 132-4. Diam 3.3. Obverse: bust of Hadrian attired as a victorious commander, with legend HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, "Hadrian, Emperor". Reverse: imperial barge with the Emperor enthroned between two standards at the stern and a colossal wind-god as a figurehead on the prow, with legend FELICITATI AVG(VSTI) CO(N)S(VLIS) III P(ATRIS) P(ATRIAE) and, fore and aft of the galley respectively, S(ENATVS) C(ONSVLTO) "For the good fortune of the Emperor, thrice consul, father of his country, (issued) by resolution of the Senate". 2. Faustina the elder, wife of Antoninus Pius. 2nd brass: obv. draped head and bust to right, DIVA FAVSTINA; rev. a figure standing to left, AETERNITAS , in the field SC. Found in the Tyne on the site of the Roman bridge. Probably, like the other coins from the site of the bridge, these were votive offerings to the river. Great North Museum: Hancock 1925.1.60. Dated C2.
Site Name
River Tyne, Roman coins
Site Type: Specific
Coin
HER Number
500
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 500 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1905, Exhibited, 3, I, 72
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1906, First Brass Coin of Hadrian from the River Tyne, 3, II, 188
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, The Roman Bridge, Northumberland County History, XIII, 513-14 & Roman Imperial Coinage, 706
D.J. Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities Newcastle...An Illustrated Introduction no. 30 p. 27
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 192, 3, V, 13
Museum of Antiquities, 1925 Society of Antiquaries Donations Book, 28.i.1925
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
450
DAY1
01
DAY2
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425190
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563750
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Newcastle
Description
Two Roman coins recovered from the Tyne were reported to the Society of Antiquaries by R. Blair on 27 April 1904. One is of Galba (A.D. 69), a Denarius in poor condition, with the emperor's head on the obverse side and a seated figure on the reverse. The second is of Septimius Severus (A.D. 193-211), a Denarius with the emperor's head on the obverse side and the inscription, SEVERVS PIVS AVG, and on the reverse side 2 captives seated at the foot of a trophy with the inscription PART MAX PM TR P VIIII.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Two Roman coins recovered from the Tyne were reported to the Society of Antiquaries by R. Blair, 27 April 1904. 1. Galba (AD 69). Denarius in poor condition, with emperor's head on obverse, seated figure on reverse. 2. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). Denarius: obv. emperor's head laureated, SEVERVS PIVS AVG: rev. 2 captives seated at the foot of a trophy, PART MAX PM TR P VIIII. AD 201. Dated C1-C3.
Site Name
River Tyne, Roman coins
Site Type: Specific
Coin
HER Number
499
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 499 >> R. Blair, 1905,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), 136
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Civil
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
4648
DAY1
09
DAY2
01
District
Newcastle
Easting
425260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
09
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564190
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Newcastle
Description
The Barber-Surgeons had two halls consecutively on this site. In 1648 they leased from the mayor and burgesses a plot in the Manors on which to build their hall and plant a garden with medicinal herbs. In 1730 the Company rebuilt their premises, a seven-bay hall set above an arcaded ground floor. In front to the south, running down to Manor Chare, they had a long narrow garden. The second hall was demolished in 1851 to make way for the railway north from the Central Station. The building was sited immediately south and east of the Holy Jesus Hospital, almost touching it and facing south. After the demolition of this hall, the railway company built a new hall for the Barber-Surgeons at Victoria Street, Westmorland Road (HER no. 4648).
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
The Barber-Surgeons had two halls consecutively on this site. In 1648 they leased from the mayor and burgesses a plot in the Manors on which to build their hall and plant a garden with medicinal herbs. In 1730 the Company rebuilt their premises, a seven-bay hall set above an arcaded ground floor. In front to the south, running down to Manor Chare, they had a long narrow garden in which there were four grass platts surrounded with gravel walks and each adorned with a statue, and beyond those two herb gardens. The bodies of criminals executed on the Town Moor were dissected in this hall. From 1834 the hall had been used by the Newcastle School of Medicine and Surgery an ancestor of the present Medical School. The second hall was demolished in 1851 to make way for the railway north from the Central Station. The Gardeners Cottage remained. The building was sited immediately south and east of the Holy Jesus Hospital, almost touching it and facing south. After the demolition of this hall, the railway company built a new hall for the Barber-Surgeons at Victoria Street, Westmorland Road (SMR 4648).
Site Name
Manors, Barber-Surgeons Hall
Site Type: Specific
Guildhall
HER Number
498
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 498 >> Newcastle Common Council Books, 18th century, 1645-50; 1699-1718; 1766-85 ff. 217, 233, 275; f. 23; f. 109 -Tyne and Wear Archive Service
Newcastle Long Boxes,18th century - 13.2.52, 72.4.50, 8.34a,b.51 -Tyne and Wear Archive Service
H. Bourne, 1736, Newcastle, 137-8
J. Corbridge, 1723, Map of Newcastle
J. Brand, 1789, Newcastle I, 350
E. Mackenzie, 1827, Newcastle
T. Oliver, 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne
D. Embleton, 1892, The Incorporated Company of Barber-Surgeons...of Newcastle... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XV, 228-69
G.G. Turner, 1934, The Newcastle upon Tyne School of Medicine, 1834-1934 passim
S. Middlebrook, 1951, Newcastle, 159, 215
W. Bulmer and Prof. N. Hodgson, 1958, The Barber-Surgeons Company of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXXVI (1958), p 73-80
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
2015
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
01
DAY2
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
413972
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559645
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Spen
Description
When Robert Nevill, lord of Raby granted land on the Tyne to Newminster Abbey in the 13th century he also gave the monks free passage from their wood at Chopwell through the vills of Spen and Winlaton to the river. In 1370 Katherine, widow of Hugh de Fery, held 4 messuages and 100 acres in Berley and Spen. From this it appears that Spen was, in the Middle Ages, the property of the Nevills and not part of Chopwell.
SITEASS
Its position is uncertain, is it really High Spen ?, and more documentary research is needed.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
When Robert Nevill, lord of Raby (? late C13) granted land on the Tyne to Newminster Abbey he also gave the monks free passage from their wood at Chopwell through the vills of Spen and Winlaton to the river. In 1370 Katherine, widow of Hugh de Fery, held 4 messuages and 100 acres in Berley and Spen from Sir John Nevill, for 3s rent and suit of court at Winlaton. From this it appears that Spen was, in the Middle Ages, the property of the Nevills and not part of Chopwell. It was included "in the general alienation from Nevill, in 1569", and was afterwards held by different families and in different proportions. In the 18th century it appears as a farm, sometimes 2, in the Chopwell estate of the Claverings, and Surtees notes that the Nether Spen belonged to the Earl of Strathmore.
Site Name
Spen village
Site Type: Specific
Village
HER Number
497
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 497 >> Rev. J.T. Fowler, 1878, The Newminster Cartulary, Surtees Society, 66 (for 1876), pp. 51-2
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, p. 276
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 161-3
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham V.8
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
2020
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
29
DAY2
25
District
Gateshead
Easting
412150
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558650
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Chopwell
Description
Chopwell, a tract of land lying largely on the north bank of the Derwent, was granted to Newminster Abbey in the mid-12th century. The location of its built core, which came to be called a grange in the 13th century and a manor in the 14th century, is assumed to be the site of Chopwell Hall. After the Dissolution much of it was split into farms, but Chopwell Woods was reserved by the Crown in the later 16th century. West Chopwell farmhouse, immediately west of the Hall (built c.1721), is probably of comparable date. Aerial photographs show evidence for structures not shown on historic maps, and geophysical survey has also showed up a complex of anomalies around the site of the Hall, which is now vacant land.
SITEASS
On 1st ed. O.S. the hall is shown immediately east of the farm of West Chopwell, and west of the burn, on land which is now vacant. Scope here for a nice research excavation. Site of Chopwell Hall sold for housing in 2002. The DTA suggests that the shape of the settlement at West Chopwell and Chopwell Hall on early estate maps, along with the ridge and furrow earthworks in the vicinity, is suggestive of a shrunken medieval village. Aerial photographs show evidence for structures not shown on OS plans.Geophysics also showed up a complex of anomalies. Evaluation showed that the site has been terraced and landscaped. No remains of Chopwell Hall or the Grange. A post medieval raised trackway was found.
Site Type: Broad
Religious House
SITEDESC
Chopwell, that is a tract of land lying largely on the N bank of the Derwent between Milkwell burn (W), perhaps the road from S of Greenside through High Spen and Hooker Gate to Lintzford (E), with an uncertain N boundary, was granted by Bishop Hugh Pudsey to Newminster Abbey temp. St. Robert, the first abbot (1138-59). It came to be called a grange (C13) or manor (C14), and there is reference to the abbot's east sheep pen. A C14 charter was dated at Chopwell. Because a) there is no other information and b) on the 1721 map a large house/tower is shown on the site of the later Chopwell Hall, it is assumed for the time being that the site of the grange was Chopwell Hall (? East Chopwell), but note the closeness of West Chopwell - all part of the same complex? Surtees recites the descent of the manor after the Dissolution: some of it gets split into farms, the rest - Chopwell Woods - was reserved by the Crown in the later C16. West Chopwell farmhouse predates the first edition OS, probably of comparable date to the original Chopwell Hall (c1721). Dated C12th.
Site Name
Chopwell grange
Site Type: Specific
Cistercian Grange
HER Number
496
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 496 >> Rev. J.T. Fowler, 1878, The Newminster Cartulary, Surtees Society, 66 (for 1876), pp. 45-54 and passim.
Armstrong, C188, Clavering and Cowper rentals etc. 309 G4 and 5 -Northumberland Records Office
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Gibson, J. Fryer, 1793, Plan of an estate at Chopwell belonging to…Earl Cowper, 110
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1852, Chopwell, D13
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Clayton and Gibson, 1852, Lease of coal mines in Chopwell Woods Bute, I 17
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham V.11
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of…Durham, II, p. 439
R. Surtees, 1820, History of…Durham, II, pp. 276-283
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 164-9
K. Hordon & A. Wright, 1995, Coal, Community & Conflict - A History of Chopwell
J.C. Mabbitt, 2003, Tyne and Wear Museums, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead, Archaeological Assessment
Timescape Surveys, 2003, Geophysical survey at Chopwell Manor; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Chopwell Hall, Gateshead - Archaeological Evaluation; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, West Chopwell Farm, Gateshead - Watching Brief
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
2005
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
CONDITION
Fair
Crossref
312
DAY1
04
DAY2
01
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MONTH1
10
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 27 SE 13
Northing
573100
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Burradon
Description
The earliest documentary reference to Burradon is pre 1162. Though the township was quite large the settlement always seems to have been small - 3 taxpayers in 1312; 4 messuages and orchards, 2 cottages, 6 tofeets and gardens in 1570; 3 houses paid hearth tax in 1666. The shape of the village in the medieval period is unclear. By 1793 the township was divided into the East and West Farms, the buildings of the West Farm being on the north side of the east-west 'street', i.e. where the present farm buildings are, and the East Farm being of courtyard type incorporating the surviving medieval tower in its north-west corner. Subsequently, probably in the 19th century, the two were amalgamated and the present house, farm buildings and cottages erected, and the east Farm demolished, except for the tower.
SITEASS
Most of the area must have been built over at least twice. Excavation in wood by tower would reveal the E Farm, and ?earlier buildings. Documentary research on recent history required. Development of farm buildings for residential use is imminent.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The earliest documentary reference is pre 1162. Though the township was quite large the settlement always seems to have been small - 3 taxpayers in 1312; worth only £1 in 1482 because of barren soil and Scots raids; 4 messuages and orchards, 2 cottages, 6 tofts and gardens in 1570; 3 houses paid hearth tax in 1666. The shape of the village in the medieval period is unclear. The township was a member of the lordship of Whalton. In C12 it was divided into moieties. Hollar's map of 1654 shows Burradon as a small village but the Hearth Tax of 1666 records only 3 houses. By 1793 the township was divided into the East and West Farms, the buildings of the West Farm being on the north side of the east-west 'street', i.e. where the present farm buildings are, and the East Farm being of courtyard type incorporating the tower in its north-west corner. Probably in the 19th century the two were amalgamated, the present house, farm buildings and cottages erected, and the east Farm, except for the tower, demolished.19th century maps show a quarry at each end of the street. Dated C12th.
Site Name
Burradon village
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken village
HER Number
495
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 495 >> H.H.E. Craster, ed. 1909, Burradon Township, Northumberland County History, Vol. IX, pp. 43-53
E. Mackenzie, 1825, Northumberland,Vol. II, p. 416
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, Vol. I, p. 248
C.M. Fraser, ed. 1968, Northumberland Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Record Series I, p. 64
W. and T. Forster 1657 Survey of Burradon ZBS 17 (Box 1), Northumberland Records Office
W. Donkin, 1734, A survey note of lands lying in Buraton... ZBS 17 (Box 1) -Northumberland Records Office
Taxes etc. for parish of Earsdon, C188, 753 Box 3 Bundle B no. 12 -Northumberland Records Office
Plan T. Atkinson, 1793, Plan of Burradon, Vol. 19 bound plans, no. 1 -Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection
T. Bell, 1804, Plan of Burradon, ZGI XXII/1a, b -Northumberland Records Office
Tithe Plans, 1804, Plan of Burradon, DT 78M -Northumberland Records Office
S. Speak, 2004, Tyne and Wear Museums, Land at Burradon Road, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment