Walbottle, Dene Head Farm

HER Number:
1802

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, Dene Head Farm

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
"Denehead" is shown on Fryer's map of 1820. By Greenwell's map of 1828, the farm is called "Bank Top". The farm is shown on the tithe map of 1848 with a complex of small fields. The land is listed as "Inclosure (sic) part of Dene House Farm. Landowner: His grace the Duke of Northumberland. Occupier: James Hantley". The farm is also shown on Ordnance Survey first and second edition maps.

Easting:
1649

Northing:
6678

Grid Reference:
NZ16496678

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1802 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1854 Drawing School of Architecture, 1976;