Backworth manor

HER Number:
747

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth manor

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE NZ37SW

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:
In an assessment-roll of 1292 Backworth is included as one of the ten manors belonging to Tynemouth Priory. "Though Preston, Monkseaton, Backworth and Flatworth do not appear in the record of 1264, corroborative evidence of their manorial character is found in their possessing halls, while Flatworth, Backworth and Monkseaton had separate demesnes...". There is insufficient information available, however, with which either to locate the manor, or to describe it. Without further documentary research it is unknown whether it was associated with farm buildings, or whether it was located near the present Backworth Hall.

Easting:
300

Northing:
722

Grid Reference:
NZ300722

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 747 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, 221