Birtley Common, al. Birtley Fell, Black Fell

HER Number:
1237

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley Common, al. Birtley Fell, Black Fell

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Common Land

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Birtley Fell was a common in the manor of Chester, and was explicitly excluded from the 1794 Act for the enclosure of commons in that manor. It was therefore never divided by act. The bishop of Durham was originally the lord of the manor. An 18th century map shows Birtley Fell stretching from the Wrekendyke in the North to Portabelo in the South. A narrow tongue stretched West to Birtley village to give access to the fell.

Easting:
28287

Northing:
56814

Grid Reference:
NZ2828756814

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1237 >> W.W. Gibson, 1944 Birtley Fell, County Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXII, 171-179 C188, A Plan of Birtley and Washington Commons, NCB 1.P.4 and 2.288 -Durham Records Office NCB Bell Coll,- Birtley Fell, BP2.5 -Gateshead Library Local Studies Bell Coll, Birtley Fell, BP4.16 -Gateshead Library Local Studies