Field House

HER Number

16259

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Field House

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Plan of farms in Ryhope, 1796-1904 (unnamed), Robson's Plan of Bishopwearmouth, 1831, Bell's Plan of Durham Coalfield, 1843, Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1857. In 1856 the farmer was John Thubron. Gone by 1896.

Easting

440230

Northing

552140

Grid Reference

NZ440230552140

Sources

William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 616; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2013, Cherry Knowle, Ryhope, Sunderland, Archaeological Assessment; Plans of farms at Ryhope, 1796-1804 (TWAS DT.BEL/1/89); Bell's Plan of Durham Coalfield, 1843 (TWAS DT.BEL/21/12-4); Robson's Plan of Bishopwearmouth, 1831 (TWAS D.TRM/9/1); Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1857