Gateshead, Park Lane, Back Field House

HER Number:
17242

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Park Lane, Back Field House

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farm

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Farm shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1857 as Back Field House. A structure is shown on an earlier plan of the Park Estate c.1740s. The building is unlabelled but is situated in the same place - in the field labelled South Close of Balkfield. Gone by 1896.

Easting:
2608

Northing:
6323

Grid Reference:
NZ26086323

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Former Freight Depot, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment; Plan of the Park Estate, c1740, TWAS DT.BEL 2/149