Barmston park

HER Number:
367

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Barmston park

Place:
Barmston

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Park

Site Type: Specific:
Deer Park

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
During the Middle Ages Barmston was held by the Hylton family, and their property there included a park. In 1323 the chantry of St. Mary, in the chapel of Hylton, included among its endowments the honey and wax in the trees in the park of Bermeston (presumably from wild bees). And in 1448 the manor of Bermeston included a park of 90 acres. There is no further information, and its location is unknown.

Easting:
33763

Northing:
56708

Grid Reference:
NZ3376356708

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 367 >> Prior's Kitchen Durham, Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, 1323, Misc. Cart, 6224, Reg. I ff. 40r-41r R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 49