Woolsington village
Woolsington village
HER Number
1328
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Woolsington village
Place
Woolsington
Map Sheet
NZ17SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Deserted Settlement
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Perhaps part of the Merlay/Morpeth barony, being given by Walter de Merlay in the 12th century to St Albans (Tynemouth Priory), among whose possessions it was confirmed by Richard I in 1189. In 1343 there was reference to 7 messuages in Woolsington, and in 1360 to 8 tofts. There is no clue as to when or why the village disappeared, or indeed where it was situated.
Easting
419900
Northing
570800
Grid Reference
NZ419900570800
Sources
<< HER 1328 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Woolsington Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 204-210
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 61, 154, 225; II, lxxxv, clv
Blackgate Deeds, 1561, Northumberland Records Office - 1325.II.2
W. Hutchinson, 1776, A View of Northumberland, II, 323
Tithe Awards,1843, Woolsington -Northumberland Records Office, DT 519M
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, II, 540 -Northumberland Records Office
R. Welford, 1905, Committees for Compounding etc. with Delinquent Royalists... Surtees Society,CXI, p. 196
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 61, 154, 225; II, lxxxv, clv
Blackgate Deeds, 1561, Northumberland Records Office - 1325.II.2
W. Hutchinson, 1776, A View of Northumberland, II, 323
Tithe Awards,1843, Woolsington -Northumberland Records Office, DT 519M
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, II, 540 -Northumberland Records Office
R. Welford, 1905, Committees for Compounding etc. with Delinquent Royalists... Surtees Society,CXI, p. 196