Sugley common

HER Number:
1306

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Sugley common

Place:
Sugley

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE NZ16NE

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:
Until the dissolution of Tynemouth Priory, Sugley had been uncultivated common, upon which the tenants both of Newburn and of Denton had pasture rights. It was separated from the south-west corner of West Denton in the 16th century, and became a distinct township. In 1610 it was the subject of a law suit as to whether it was in the earl's manor of Newburn or the Erringtons' land of West Denton; the latter seem to have won, and in 1628 Anthony and Mark Errington divided the common between them. The boundaries described in 1610 seem to accord with those on the first edition Ordnance Survey plan In 1628 there was mention of houses built or to be built there. The Lemington Iron Works occupied the south half in the 19th century; today it is wholly built up.

Easting:
18677

Northing:
64877

Grid Reference:
NZ1867764877

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1306 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, East and West Denton and Sugley Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 183-185 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1858, 6 inch scale, XCVII