Kenton village

HER Number:
1345

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton village

Place:
Kenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Village

Site Type: Specific:
Shrunken Village

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
First reference is from the 12th century, when William of Newham (living in 1166) and Ralph his brother gave Kenton to William's daughter. A member of the barony of Whalton, it had 6 taxpayers in 1296. The original shape of this hamlet is uncertain, but it was perhaps T-shaped, with an east-west two-row layout at right-angles to another running south to the Town Moor, the first possibly with a green. By the mid 19th century it was extremely straggly, perhaps having been stretched out by the addition of post-medieval miners' dwellings.

Easting:
219

Northing:
676

Grid Reference:
NZ219676

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1345 >> W.H. Thompson, 1921, Northumberland Pleas, 1198-1272, Newcastle Record Series, II, no. 469 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Kenton Township, Northumberland County History, XIII , 355-66 The College, Shafto Papers, 18th century, Nos. 151, 257 -Durham University Special Collections 5 Tithe Awards, 1841, Kenton, Northumberland Records Office, DT 273 M R. Welford, (date unknown), History of the Parish of Gosforth, 77-90 Seymour Bell, 19th century, Kenton - Newcastle Library Local Studies.