Ryhope, Ox Close

HER Number:
11608

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Ox Close

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW NZ35SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Farm shown on Bell's plan of Durham Coalfield 1843, Ordnance Survey first edition 1856, An Eye Plan of the township of Ryhope 1869, Ordnance Survey second edition 1896, third edition 1919, fourth edition 1938. On the fifth edition of 1960 the farm is much bigger with a training yard to the south.

Easting:
4000

Northing:
5302

Grid Reference:
NZ40005302

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J.H. Parker (Tyne and Wear Museums), 2008, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk-based Assessment; Ordnance Survey first edition 1856, second edition 1896, third edition 1919, fourth edition 1938, fifth edition 1960, An Eye Plan of the township of Ryhope 1869; Bell's Plan of Durham Coalfield, 1843 (TWAS DT.BEL/21/12-4); Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2013, Cherry Knowle, Ryhope, Sunderland, Archaeological Assessment; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 616; TWM Archaeology, 2009, Ox Close Farm, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland - Historic Building Recording