Felling Manor

HER Number:
714

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling Manor

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Manor

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The manor of Felling was an estate of 220 acres carved out of Heworth waste in the 13th century by the prior and convent of Durham, and given to Walter de Selby. The manor lay between the Mereburn (the boundary with Gateshead on the west) and the Blakburn (the boundary with Heworth on the east). The manor was held by the Selbys, who eventually forfeited the estate, then by Ralph de Epplyngden and, from 1331, by the Surtees family in return for military service, suit of court, and 40s p.a. By 1605 it was in the hands of Robert Brandling. Felling Hall, marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, is the assumed site of the manor, but Surtees noted that it was suffering from mining subsidence in 1820, and it does not now exist. The post-medieval village of Felling presumably had an industrial origin.

Easting:
276

Northing:
622

Grid Reference:
NZ276622

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 714 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. 8-9 and n., 81, 84, 111 and n. W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of…Durham, II, 603? (480) R. Surtees, 1820, History of…Durham, II, 86-89 Prior's Kitchen Durham, Church Commission, 1826, Heworth and Felling, 13630 J. Fryer and son, 1809, Felling estate, ZAN M/18/81- Northumberland Records Office; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2004, An Archaeological Watching Brief at High Street, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2009, Brandlings, Gateshead - Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Evaluation