Monkseaton, Percy Terrace, East Farm

HER Number:
12128

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkseaton, Percy Terrace, East Farm

Place:
Monkseaton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
Demolished in 1961 and replaced with Relton Place. This was the last fully operational farm in Monkseaton. Its fields ran north from Souter Park alongside the Avenue branch line. In 1956 the landowner, the Duke of Northumberland, sold the farmland to Whitley Bay Council and the Churchill Playing Fields were created.

Easting:
34407

Northing:
72081

Grid Reference:
NZ3440772081

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North Tyneside Council Development Directorate, August 2006, Monkseaton Conservation Area Character Appraisal Draft; F Thompson, 1757, Plan of the Township of Monkseaton in the Parish of Tynemouth (NRO ZHE28/5)