Kibblesworth, Birk Heads Farm

HER Number:
16526

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Kibblesworth, Birk Heads Farm

Place:
Kibblesworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Birk Heads named on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1855. Two smaller buildings are shown in the same location on the 1847 Tithe Plan named as Birkland Head Farm rented by lessees of Marley Hill Colliery. Gone by 1967.

Easting:
2220

Northing:
5700

Grid Reference:
NZ22205700

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2011, Birkland Lane, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment