Whorlton, Anthony Errington's Close and House

HER Number:
11591

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Whorlton, Anthony Errington's Close and House

Place:
Whorlton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Anthony Errington's Close and House are shown on a plan of 1620 along with Anthony Errington's Meadow and Mark Errington's pasture field called East Whorlton. On a plan of 1710 the house is labelled Mr. Cally's House and there are two large tracts of land enclosed from Newburn, Walbottle and Butterlaw Common to the west and south called Mr. Cally's Farm. Labelled Whorlton on a plan of 1767.

Easting:
187

Northing:
685

Grid Reference:
NZ187685

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. 158; William Cuthbertson, 1710, Plan of Dewley, Butterlaw and Whorleton Moor (Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div.xvii, No. 2); 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