West Chirton grange

HER Number:
765

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Chirton grange

Place:
Chirton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land use

Site Type: Specific:
Grange

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
West Chirton village (HER no. 764) was cleared at some point between 1377 and 1538. In 1539, after the Dissolution, Sir Thomas Hilton, Crown tenant of the priory and its estates, was not held to account for the rent of the Grange or Vaccary of Westcherton, Howdon Close and open pasture on the moor. They were among property retained in the custody of the constable of Tynemouth Castle for the king's use. In 1631 the grange, etc. was granted to William Collins and Edward Fenn. This may be the forerunner of one of the farms surviving on the first edition Ordnance Survey map: West Chirton House, West Chirton Farm & High Chirton.

Easting:
33770

Northing:
68453

Grid Reference:
NZ3377068453

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 765 >> W.S.Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 218, 243-4; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2009, Norham Community Technical College, North Shields - Archaeological Assessment