By 1898 a rifle range (HER 4225) and drill hall had been installed for the Second Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. At this time there was an increase in volunteer military activity in response to the increased threat of invasion from France and Germany. Landowners often encouraged the formation of local rifle volunteers.
Site Type: Broad
Military Training Site
SITEDESC
By 1898 a rifle range (HER 4225) and drill hall had been installed for the Second Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. At this time there was an increase in volunteer military activity in response to the increased threat of invasion from France and Germany. Landowners often encouraged the formation of local rifle volunteers.
Site Name
Drill Hall
Site Type: Specific
Drill Hall
HER Number
11566
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition, 1898; D. Petts with C.M. Gerrard, 2006, Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment, p. 107; Jennifer Morrison, 2007, Newburn manor - an analysis of a changing medieval, post-medieval and early modern landscape in Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 71 (unpublished MA thesis, Durham University)
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
05
DAY2
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
417200
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566410
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walbottle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. Owned by the Duke of Northumberland. Didn't survive beyond the 1860s.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. Owned by the Duke of Northumberland. Didn't survive beyond the 1860s.
Site Name
Walbottle Road, The Brown Jug Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
11565
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1858; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11563, 11558
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
417450
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567830
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Walbottle
Description
'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which lay north of Walbottle village is shown on a plan of 1620. It is annotated 'Here did the coales burne in the Earth many years together'. The common was enclosed by 1767 and divided into fields.
Site Type: Broad
Common Land
SITEDESC
'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which lay north of Walbottle village is shown on a plan of 1620. It is annotated 'Here did the coales burne in the Earth many years together'. We know that in 1619 at least part of the common was enclosed, because a rental of 1622 lists the new tenants of the new allotments allocated in 1619 (Syon House archives, A/ii/11a). These enclosed lands can be seen on the 1710 plan of the moor (Alnwick Castle archives O/xvii/2). The common was enclosed by 1767 and divided into fields. Fell House had been built in the centre of the former common and was presumably the farm from which much of the enclosure of common was effected.
Site Name
Newburne, Walbotle and Butterlaw Comon
Site Type: Specific
Common Land
HER Number
11564
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; Syon House archives, Rental of 1622 and 1625, Class A, Div ii, No. 11a quoted in MH Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland, Vol XIII, p 148 and ME James, 1955, Estate accounts of the Earls of Northumberland 1562-1637, Surtees Society, vol CLXIII; Alnwick Castle Archives, William Cuthbertson, 1710, Plan of Dewley, Butterlaw and Whorleton Moor; Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn, NRO Sant/Beq/9/1/24; The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Crescent Farm opencast site, desk based assessment, pp 12 and 14
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
416490
EASTING2
1671
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
568630
NORTHING2
6857
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Walbottle
Description
A single stone and 'a rondell hill of stones' are shown on the northern boundary of 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' on a map of 1620.
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
A single stone and 'a rondell hill of stones' are shown on the northern boundary of 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' on a map of 1620.
Site Name
Walbottle, common land, boundary stones
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Stone
HER Number
11563
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
417980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565710
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Walbottle
Description
A large field on the 1848 Tithe Map (No. 51 South Knopley) has a curious rectangular enclosure of glebe land at its centre, which is marked by 'stones' on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. This probably coincides with an area of freehold shown on the 1620 map. Note that an earthwork was noted at this same location (HER 1293).
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
A large field on the 1848 Tithe Map (No. 51 South Knopley) has a curious rectangular enclosure of glebe land at its centre, which is marked by 'stones' on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. This probably coincides with an area of freehold shown on the 1620 map. Note that an earthwork was noted at this same location (HER 1293).
Site Name
South Knopley, stones
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Stone
HER Number
11562
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Walbottle Tithe Map, 1848, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO DT 468 M; A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; Ordnance Survey First Edition Map, 1858; Jennifer Morrison, 2007, Newburn manor - an analysis of a changing medieval, post-medieval and early modern landscape in Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 70 (unpublished MA thesis, Durham University)
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
416990
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566330
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walbottle
Description
Shown on the Walbottle Tithe Map of 1848. The green probably had a pond on it in the medieval period.
Site Type: Broad
Pond
SITEDESC
Shown on the Walbottle Tithe Map of 1848. The green probably had a pond on it in the medieval period.
Site Name
Walbottle, village green, pond
Site Type: Specific
Pond
HER Number
11561
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Walbottle Tithe Map, 1848, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO DT 468 M
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
416860
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566490
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walbottle
Description
Old Row, the very first terraced housing to be built in Walbottle village, is shown on the tithe map of 1848. The houses had no back garden, but vegetables could be grown in the surrounding allotments. Confusingly the terrace is named New Row on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Old Row, the very first terraced housing to be built in Walbottle village, is shown on the tithe map of 1848. 21 back to back houses. The houses had no back garden, but vegetables could be grown in the surrounding allotments. Confusingly the terrace is named New Row on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. Demolished after the 1890 Housing Act as part of Newburn Urban District Council's slum clearance programme. Replaced by Richmond Terrace (HER 11583) and Whitehall Road (HER 12869).
Site Name
Old Row
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
11560
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Walbottle Tithe Map, 1848, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO DT 468 M; G. Walton and A. Watson, 1992, Bygone Walbottle; photograph of c.1900 held by Newcastle Local Studies Library (copyright Newcastle Chronicle and Journal); Newcastle City Council, 2009, Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan, page 7
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
417506
EASTING2
1838
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
567708
NORTHING2
6779
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Walbottle
Description
'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' was enclosed between 1620 and 1767 and two new farms were built (Fell House and Coally Hills) in the new fields. A new road was built west-east across the former moor to serve these farms. This still survives as a trackway.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' was enclosed between 1620 and 1767 and two new farms were built (Fell House and Coally Hills) in the new fields. A new road was built west-east across the former moor to serve these farms. This still survives as a trackway.
Site Name
Walbottle, enclosure period road
Site Type: Specific
Road
HER Number
11559
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25; Jennifer Morrison, 2007, Newburn manor - an analysis of a changing medieval, post-medieval and early modern landscape in Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 68 (unpublished MA thesis, Durham University)
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
04
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
417254
EASTING2
1713
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
566879
NORTHING2
6636
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Walbottle
Description
A wide drove road is shown on a plan of 1620 leading from Walbottle village to 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which lay north of the village. The common was enclosed by 1767 and divided into fields. The road was extended and straightened, with a dog-leg in the centre. When the 1767 map is compared with that of 1620 it is clear that the road is following the former blocks of furlongs. This phenomenon is noted elsewhere by Aston (1985).
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
A wide drove road is shown on a plan of 1620 leading from Walbottle village to 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which lay north of the village. The common was enclosed by 1767 and divided into fields. The road was extended and straightened, with a dog-leg in the centre. When the 1767 map is compared with that of 1620 it is clear that the road is following the former blocks of furlongs. This phenomenon is noted elsewhere by Aston (1985).
Site Name
Walbottle, drove road to common land
Site Type: Specific
Drove Road
HER Number
11558
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25; A Plan of Walbottle Dean Farm 1808, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO ZAN Bell 14/5, A Plan of Walbottle North or Inn Farm, 1808, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO ZAN Bell 14/5; M. Aston, 1985, Interpreting the Landscape, p. 43; Jennifer Morrison, 2007, Newburn manor - an analysis of a changing medieval, post-medieval and early modern landscape in Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 68 (unpublished MA thesis, Durham University)
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
418260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566020
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Walbottle
Description
A plan of 1620 shows three coal pits within an arable field called 'midle shelf under the wall' [a reference to Hadrian's Wall]. To the north of Walbottle village, centred on NZ 1756 6782 is 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which is annotated 'here did the coales burne in the Earth many years together'. A field called 'Barston Pittes' (centred on NZ 1812 6645) also suggests coal mining activity.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A plan of 1620 shows three coal pits within an arable field called 'midle shelf under the wall' [a reference to Hadrian's Wall]. To the north of Walbottle village, centred on NZ 1756 6782 is 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which is annotated 'here did the coales burne in the Earth many years together'. A field called 'Barston Pittes' (centred on NZ 1812 6645) also suggests coal mining activity.
Site Name
Walbottle, coal pits
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
11557
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1