Old Burdon Farm
Old Burdon Farm
HER Number
16246
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Old Burdon Farm
Place
Burdon
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
In 1856 the farmer at Old Burdon was Robert Bolton. Some of the farm buildings have been converted into dwellings - Old Burdon Farm, Old Burdon West Farm, Old Burdon South, Farm Cottage, The Stables and Nos. 1-5 Old Burdon Hamlet.
Easting
438090
Northing
550750
Grid Reference
NZ438090550750
Sources
Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1858; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 615