Backworth Hall, walled garden

HER Number:
5764

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth Hall, walled garden

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden

Site Type: Specific:
Walled Garden

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Formal garden for the new Backworth Hall, built in 1780 (HER 5167). Shown on the Tithe Award map of 1844 as gardens belonging to the Duke of Northumberland. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows the walled garden with a complex of paths with trees in-between and several small buildings along the southern and eastern boundary walls.

Easting:
3008

Northing:
7216

Grid Reference:
NZ30087216

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5764 >> G. Brogan, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004 Former Market Garden, Backworth, North Tyneside Archaeological Assessment 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850 map