East Wideopen Farm

HER Number:
16316

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
East Wideopen Farm

Place:
Wideopen

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Buildings roughly in the same outline/orientation as extant structures shown as Wideopen Farm on the 1842 Tithe Plan. However, the farm is probably earlier in date as buildings are schematically represented in this location on Armstrong's County map 1769 labelled as East Farm and on an Estate Plan 1757 (named Greenshouses).

Easting:
2451

Northing:
7269

Grid Reference:
NZ24517269

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tyne and Wear Musuems, 2012, East Wideopen, North Tyneside - archaeological assessment; Wideopen Estate Plan, 1757 (NRO ZAN M17/197a/50); Tithe Award, 1842 (NRO Dt483); Archaeo-Environment Ltd. 2011, East Wideopen Farm, North Tyneside - heritage statement; NAA, 2016, East Wideopen Farm, Building Recording