East/West Murton village

HER Number:
749

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
East/West Murton village

Place:
Murton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Deserted Settlement

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1348 licence was granted to assign property in Estmoreton, etc. to Tynemouth Priory, and in 1353 there was a similar licence for property in Westmorton. There is another reference to East Morton in 1380. It is not known which is represented by the existing hamlet of Murton, and hence where the missing one might be, or when it disappeared. It has been suggested that there are possible earthworks north-east of Murton Steads Farm, c. NZ 335 712, 337 711.

Easting:
33602

Northing:
71049

Grid Reference:
NZ3360271049

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 749 >> W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 153, 158 H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Murton Township, Northumberland County History, VIII, 410