Newburn, Front Street, pinfold

HER Number:
11529

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, Front Street, pinfold

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Pound

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A circular pinfold is shown on the tithe map of 1849. This would have once been on the village green, which was later occupied by Front Street (now High Street). Pinfolds or pounds were enclosures where stray animals could be temporarily penned. There are surviving examples at Ryton and Elsdon.

Easting:
1671

Northing:
6529

Grid Reference:
NZ16716529

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newburn Tithe Map, 1849, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO DT 341 M