Birk Heads Farm
Birk Heads Farm
HER Number
16526
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Birk Heads Farm
Place
Kibblesworth
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Birk Heads named on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1855. Two smaller buildings are shown in the same location on the 1847 Tithe Plan named as Birkland Head Farm rented by lessees of Marley Hill Colliery. Gone by 1967.
Easting
422200
Northing
557000
Grid Reference
NZ422200557000
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2011, Birkland Lane, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment