Elswick manor

HER Number:
1366

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick manor

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Manor

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12-C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Elswick was probably given to Tynemouth Priory as early as 1120; was certainly in their possession in 1189, and the manor was one of ten listed in 1292. It is possible, though not certain, that the manor was located north-west of Elswick Hall, on the south side of Elswick Road, opposite the south end of Mill Lane. There was still a farm here in the mid-19th century.

Easting:
231

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ231638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1366 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Elswick Township,Northumberland County History, XIII, 237, 239 W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 118 Northumberland Records Office 740 - 1839 Elswick P22