Heworth chase or park

HER Number:
720

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth chase or park

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Park

Site Type: Specific:
Deer Park

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Attached to the episcopal estate of Gateshead was Bishop Puiset's favourite 'chase' of Heworth. It had the added advantage of being well-wooded, and hence of great economic value (being assessed by the forester at 1,000 marks) since timber could easily be extracted and moved by rafts on the Tyne. As it was uncomfortably close to the prior and convent's demesne of Heworth there were disputes of ownership, finally resolved in 1195 when Puiset confirmed to the convent his whole wood of Heworth. The prior received a grant of free warren in his park at Heworth from Bishop Farnham in 1248. The location and size of this tract of land are unknown.

Easting:
28760

Northing:
61645

Grid Reference:
NZ2876061645

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 720 >> G.V. Scammell, 1956, Hugh de Puiset pp. 164-5 & n., 188 R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, 83 F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, 2; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 10