Willington village
Willington village
HER Number
104
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington village
Place
Willington
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
First mentioned in 1072 when it formed part of Bishop Walcher's gift to the priory of Durham. A mill is recorded in 1299, and a windmill also noted in 1438-9 & 1464. In 1536-7 there was a waste water mill and a salt pan. In 1539 8 tenants paid the identical rent of 33s 4d each, + 3s 4d for the salt pan. Eight farms are also mentioned in 1585, but by 1839 there were 6 farms of very unequal size of which 3 were outside the village, which consisted of West (Willington) Farm, the smithy, and Middle (Willington) Farm on the south side of the green, and Willington Farm on the north side. Originally it was a 2-row green village of oval outline, with the green located around the present cul-de-sac, Engine Inn Road.
Easting
431600
Northing
567700
Grid Reference
NZ431600567700
Sources
<< HER 104 >> W. Brown, C188?, Plans of Collieries, M17 197A no. 62 -Northumberland Records Office
1818, Particulars of sale of freehold estate no. 3, Tithe map, 530 18 6 -Northumberland Records Office
Tithe Award, 1839, Willington, DT 511 M- Northumberland Records Office
Willington Estate, 438 F 1-12 -Northumberland Records Office
Map Ordnance Survey maps - 1859 - 1st ed. 25 = 1 mile Northumberland LXXXIV.14 -Northumberland Records Office
Ordnance Survey maps, 1897, 2nd ed., 25 = 1 mile
Ordnance Survey maps, 1918, 3rd ed., 25 = 1 mile
W. Greenwell,1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, passim
W.H.D. Longstaffe, J. Booth, eds. 1886, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, 82, p. 208
Canon Fowler, ed. 1898, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 99, p. 63
Canon Fowler, ed. 1898, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 100, p. 500
Canon Fowler, ed. 1900, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 103, p. 668
W. Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, 33-43, 212-13
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Northumberland County History, XIII, 471-7; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Former Engine Inn PH, Engine Inn Road, Willington, North Tyneside
1818, Particulars of sale of freehold estate no. 3, Tithe map, 530 18 6 -Northumberland Records Office
Tithe Award, 1839, Willington, DT 511 M- Northumberland Records Office
Willington Estate, 438 F 1-12 -Northumberland Records Office
Map Ordnance Survey maps - 1859 - 1st ed. 25 = 1 mile Northumberland LXXXIV.14 -Northumberland Records Office
Ordnance Survey maps, 1897, 2nd ed., 25 = 1 mile
Ordnance Survey maps, 1918, 3rd ed., 25 = 1 mile
W. Greenwell,1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, passim
W.H.D. Longstaffe, J. Booth, eds. 1886, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, 82, p. 208
Canon Fowler, ed. 1898, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 99, p. 63
Canon Fowler, ed. 1898, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 100, p. 500
Canon Fowler, ed. 1900, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 103, p. 668
W. Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, 33-43, 212-13
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Northumberland County History, XIII, 471-7; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Former Engine Inn PH, Engine Inn Road, Willington, North Tyneside