Silksworth Hall Conservation Area

HER Number:
12206

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Silksworth Hall Conservation Area

Place:
Silksworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Settlement

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Conservation Area based on Silksworth medieval village (HER 242). Includes Silksworth Hall (HER 7198), Doxford House (HER 7227), Silksworth Cottage (HER 7230), Doxford Park (HER 5229) and the walled garden (HER 5230).

Easting:
3749

Northing:
5288

Grid Reference:
NZ37495288

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, consultation draft; Doxford family history http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/williamdoxford1811.html; Maureen M. Meikle and Christine M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners; Christine M. Newman, The Medieval Landholders of Silksworth, England's Past for Everyone: County Durham and University of London, www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk; Sunderland Antiquarians www.sunderland-antiquarians.org