Murton, Philadelphia

HER Number

17538

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Murton, Philadelphia

Place

Murton

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Philadelphia shown on Shiremoor Enclosure Plan 1790. Not shown on Ordnance Survey plans after 1898. Possibly a farm?

Easting

432560

Northing

570660

Grid Reference

NZ432560570660

Sources

ASUD, 2016, Murton Gap, Murton - Archaeological Assessment; Shiremoor Enclosure Plan 1790