Bishopwearmouth, Medieval Bakehouse

HER Number:
4479

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Medieval Bakehouse

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Bakehouse

Site Type: Specific:
Communal Bakehouse

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Hatfield survey of circa 1381 records that Bishopwearmouth demesne land was rented by 16 separate tenants who had a common bakehouse.

Easting:
39

Northing:
56

Grid Reference:
NZ3956

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4479 >> Greenwell (ed.) 1856