Mayson's survey of Newburn Manor in 1613 records that 'there are no woods or underwoods of any value nowe left within Newburn manor for that they have been greatly wasted and destroyed by James Cole and others for making of steythes and timbering of cole pitts'. 'Back of Wood' and 'Woode Close' are shown on a plan of 1620. The wood would have been planted with native trees such as ash, maple, hazel, lime, elm, birch, alder, sallow, oak and hawthorn. Woods had names because they were valuable property. The boundaries of the wood were probably defined by a bank and ditch with a hedge or fence to prevent encroachment and keep out livestock which would eat young shoots. Today the Wood is gone.

Small area of woodland shown on a plan of Throckley dated 1736. The same map shows fields called West and East Bank. 'Hagg' and 'bank' are old words for wood.

An agreement of 1250 mentions the 'woode of Hallewell' (SH J/vii/4a). In 1291 eighty acres of wood were held in common (SS vol. cxvii, 304, 314). In 1293 Robert of Throckley declared that tenants were accustomed to taking timber when he was caught cutting oaks in the wood of Helley without the permission of the forester (SS vol. cxvii, 276). A document held by the Public Record Office relates to the woodreve or woodward of the Radcliffe's manor of Throckley. The name Hallowell could potentially relate to a holy well perhaps connected with the lepers of Newcastle who held land in Throckley in 1379 (SS vol. xlvi, ii, 55-6). The same Hallowell Wood is shown on the plan of the manor of Newburn dated 1620, occupying 40 acres. A further 32 acres is listed as 'Hallowell Wood ascending and descending'. The name Throckley could derive from the act of woodland clearance, ley or leah meaning a clearing. Hallowell Wood would have been planted with native trees such as ash, maple, hazel, lime, elm, birch, alder, sallow, oak and hawthorn. Woods had names because they were valuable property. The boundaries of the wood were probably defined by a bank and ditch with a hedge or fence to prevent encroachment and keep out livestock which would eat young shoots. Today the Wood is gone. It is not shown on any plans after 1620.

Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1919. The A69 has been across the site.

Post medieval miners' cottages typically had small yards rather than gardens, which led to the development of allotments. They served the same purpose as medieval tofts and crofts, being used to grow vegetables, keep pigs and poultry. Crees for racing pigeons were also common on later allotments. The allotments on the north side of Hexham Road are shown on plans from 1808. Newburn was apparently renowned for its early and excellent fruit (Mackenzie 1811, 473). Vegetables from gardens at Newburn supplied the daily market at Sandhill in Newcastle (Middlebrook 1950, 151). The A69 has been across the site.

The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296 lists Adam the brasiator (brewer). We know that there was a manorial brewery in 1367.

Shown on a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Shown on a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Shown on a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Shown on a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.