West Town Moor farm

HER Number

19171

District

Sunderland

Site Name

West Town Moor farm

Place

Hylton

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

West Town Moor is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as three ranges of buildings with a courtyard facing south and a gingang on the north side. It had shrunk by the time of the second edition Ordnance Survey map but survived into the mid 20th century.

Easting

435527

Northing

559163

Grid Reference

NZ435527559163

Sources

Ordnance Survey first edition map