Dewley, Dewley House

HER Number:
11525

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Dewley, Dewley House

Place:
Dewley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Dewley House is shown on a plan of 1620 of Newburn manor. Possible site of Dewley medieval village (HER 1314). In 1622 the 'house and a close called Dewly' were held by Cuthbert Hearon, who also held the manor place of Newburn. It was held by Sir Orlando Gee, who was M.P. for Cockermouth in Cumbria, in 1625. The property was owned by the Percy estates, lords of Newburn manor.

Easting:
1628

Northing:
6777

Grid Reference:
NZ16286777

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland XIII, p 149; Rental of 1622 and 1625, Syon House Archives Class A, Div. ii, No. 11a