Tyne and Wear HER(721): Gateshead, Bishop's manor house - Details
721
Gateshead
Gateshead, Bishop's manor house
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Domestic
House
Manor House
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
The bishop of Durham possessed for a time the forests of Gateshead and Heworth, and in order to enjoy the hunting he had "a dwelling house" or "a small manor house" conveniently near at hand, in Gateshead. Its location is unknown.
26802
63001
NZ2680263001
<< HER 721 >> G.V. Scammell, 1956, Hugh de Puiset, 205
F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, 2