Newburn, Saxon burgh

HER Number:
1296

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, Saxon burgh

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Settlement

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Implied Evidence

Description:
Newburn formed part of the royal demesne of the Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which included Bamburgh, Warkworth and Corbridge. When the kingdom ceased to exist, the land and all the royal privileges passed to the official earls of Northumbria. In 1095 this demesne passed to the crown of England as a result of the revolt of Robert de Mowbray. No reference to Newburn as a borough has been found later than 1201.

Easting:
16629

Northing:
65277

Grid Reference:
NZ1662965277

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1296 >> , H.H.E. Craster, 1914, Corbridge Township, Northumberland County History X, 28-29 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 118, 141-143