Tyne and Wear HER(13280): Mason, turbary - Details
13280
Newcastle
Mason, turbary
Mason
NZ27SW
Industrial
Peat Workings
Peat Cutting
Medieval
C14
Documentary Evidence
A turbary (right of digging peat) at Merdesfen is referred to as land retained when grants were made to the monks of Newminster, Tynemouth Priory and the Nunnery of St. Bartholomew. The turbary was described in 1325 as having its annual value reduced from 10s to 6d. A will of 1327 states that the whole township, along with the turbary had been wasted by the Scots.
209
735
NZ209735
Gary Brogan and Steve Speak, 2006, Fox Covert, Archaeology in Northumberland, Northumberland County Council/Northumberland National Park, Vol. 16, page 12; Warren Muncaster, Tyne and Wear Museums, September 2007, Archive Report, Fox Covert OCCS, Dinnington, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Excavation