In 1924 a boy from the Central School, Jarrow, found a Roman coin, "in the Salt Grass, a waste piece of land near Bede's Monastery". The coin was then sent to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by one of the teachers. It was of Nero (Lugdunum, c. A.D. 66).
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
In 1924 a boy from the Central School, Jarrow, found a Roman coin "in the Salt Grass, a waste piece of land near Bede's Monastery". The coin was then sent to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by one of the teachers. It was an as of Nero (Lugdunum, c. A.D. 66). Dated C1.
Site Name
Jarrow, Roman coin
Site Type: Specific
Coin
HER Number
989
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 989 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1925, Miscellanea, 4, I (for 1923-24), p. 286
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,p. 18
YEAR1
1993
YEAR2
1994
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
989, 990
DAY1
10
DAY2
09
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Silver
MONTH1
05
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 4
Northing
565200
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
Hodgson recorded that, in 1812, in digging up part of the walls he implied surrounded the supposed Roman fort, a silver denarius of Aulus Vitellius was found embedded in the mortar of the wall core. Surtees located the find fairly precisely in the site of a round tower, near the south-west angle of the cemetery.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Hodgson recorded that, in 1812, in digging up part of the walls he implied surrounded the supposed Roman fort, a silver denarius of Aulus Vitellius was found embedded in the mortar of the wall core. Surtees located the find fairly precisely in the site of a round tower, near the south-west angle of the cemetery. Dated C1.
Site Name
Jarrow, Roman coin
Site Type: Specific
Coin
HER Number
988
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 988 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History...of Durham, Vol. II, p. 69
J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 230
J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, p. 323
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,pp. 17-18
YEAR1
1993
YEAR2
1994
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
10
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Ceramic
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565400
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
Roman masonry was said to have been found in 1800 during the building of Jarrow Hall. During excavations in 1989-90 north of the hall, "roofing tiles, squared blocks of buff sandstone and a fragment of an amphora" were recovered.
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
Roman masonry was said to have been found in 1800 during the building of Jarrow Hall. During excavations in 1989-90 north of the hall "roofing tiles, squared blocks of buff sandstone and a fragment of an amphora" were recovered.
Site Name
Jarrow, Roman artifacts from north of Jarrow Hall
Site Type: Specific
Site
HER Number
987
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 987 >> J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 230
S. Speak, 1990, Jarrow, Medieval Settlement Research Group, Annual Report, 5, p. 35
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
984, 985
DAY1
10
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Copper
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
Excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon monastery produced a trumpet brooch of copper alloy.
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
Excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon monastery produced a trumpet brooch of copper alloy.
Site Name
Jarrow, trumpet brooch
Site Type: Specific
Brooch
HER Number
986
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 986 >> Pers. Comm. P. Lowther, 1986
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
984, 986
DAY1
10
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Glass
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
Excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon monastery yielded two fragments of Roman glass: 1.) Part of a vessel; 2.) Part of a bracelet
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
Excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon monastery yielded two fragments of Roman glass: 1. Part of a vessel 2. Part of a bracelet
Site Name
Jarrow Priory, Roman glass artifacts
Site Type: Specific
Sherd
HER Number
985
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 985 >> Pers. Comm. P. Lowther, 1986
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
985, 986
DAY1
10
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Ceramic
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
During excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon priory "six sherds of Roman pottery were discovered in what appear to be Saxon levels", and "huts or shelters with clay floors were discovered in the western section of the cutting. In one of these was a deposit of Roman tegulae and imbrices and their chippings, which had been used presumably in the making of opus signinum flooring...".
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
During excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon priory "six sherds of Roman pottery were discovered in what appear to be Saxon levels", and "huts or shelters with clay floors were discovered in the western section of the cutting. In one of these was a deposit of Roman tegulae and imbrices and their chippings, which had been used presumably in the making of opus signinum flooring...".
Site Name
Jarrow Priory, Roman ceramic artifacts
Site Type: Specific
Tiles
HER Number
984
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 984 >> R.J. Cramp,1974, The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Monastery of Jarrow, Co. Durham, Council British Archaeology 3 Archaeological Newsbulletin, No. 7 (May), pp. 6-8
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
06
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 6
Northing
565000
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Jarrow
Description
A Roman oil lamp was found "in the ballasting gravel of a railway embankment at East Jarrow, near the Curlew Road", and exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle, in 1929. The railway must have been one of the wagonways or mineral lines in that area.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
A Roman oil lamp was found "in the ballasting gravel of a railway embankment at East Jarrow, near the Curlew Road", and exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle, in 1929. The railway must have been one of the wagonways or mineral lines in that area.
Site Name
Jarrow, Roman oil lamp
Site Type: Specific
Lamp
HER Number
983
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 983 >> J.D. Rose, 1931, Roman Lamp from Jarrow,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, IV (for 1929-30), p. 47
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
06
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 3
Northing
565200
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Jarrow
Description
There is a covered well in the cloister at St. Paul's, Jarrow. The Ordnance Survey archaeological record card reads as follows: "A circular well with a square top, 1.3 metres square, which protrudes 0.5 metres above ground level. The present depth of the well is 4.5.metres. The well is covered with a permanent square stone top... Its exact date is not known...". It may be Medieval of post-Medieval.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
There is a covered well in the cloister at St. Paul's, Jarrow. The OS archaeological record card reads as follows: "A circular well with a square top, 1.3.m square, which protrudes 0.5 m above ground level. The present depth of the well is 4.5.m. The well is covered with a permanent square stone top... Its exact date is not known...". The OS say the well is "poss. Md.", and then quote Richard Kilburn as suggesting it is post-Medieval.
Site Name
Jarrow, well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
982
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 982 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Well (possibly Medieval)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
980
DAY1
30
DAY2
04
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563100
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Hedworth
Description
In the bursar's rental of 1539 the tenants of Hedworth are recorded as paying 16s 8d for the repair of the watermill. In 1783 the mill is shown astride the River Don at the north-east corner of the village, and a mill race in the same place on the1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A mill is recorded at Hedworth in the Jarrow Account Rolls of 1332 and the site may well be the same. The mill was for milling corn. A cottage now stands on the site at Hedworth, with no obvious connections to the old mill, although what may be traces of the race can be seen on the west bank of the Don.
SITEASS
A cottage now stands on the site at Hedworth, with no obvious connections to the old mill, although what may be traces of the race can be seen on the west bank of the Don {4}.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
In the bursar's rental of 1539 the tenants of Hedworth are recorded as paying 16s 8d for the repair of the watermill. In 1783 the mill is shown astride the River Don at the north-east corner of the village, and a mill race in the same place on the 1st ed. OS map. A mill is recorded at Hedworth in the Jarrow Account Rolls of 1332 and the site may well be the same. The mill was for milling corn. Dated C16th.
Site Name
Hedworth watermill
Site Type: Specific
Watermill
HER Number
981
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 981 >> W. Greenwell, 1872, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society,58, p. 308
The College Church Commission, 1783, Monkton, Wardley, Hedworth, nos. 13643 -Durham University Special Collections 5
Ordnance Survey maps, 18, 1st ed. 6, Durham III
South Tyneside Groundwork Trust, 1992, Boldon Mill
Tyne and Wear Museums,1992, Don Valley Survey p 7
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
1993
YEAR2
1994
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
981
DAY1
30
DAY2
04
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562900
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Hedworth
Description
First reference to Heathewurthe is in Bishop Walcher's late 11th century (c. 1072) grant of Jarrow and its appendages to Aldwin. In 1345/6 the bursar's rental records 13 tofts and 429 acres held by at least 9 tenants including John Hedworth. By 1430 the only named (free) tenants were the heirs of John, Richard and John Hedworth, who held 3 tofts, 1 garden, 1 place, 1 waste place and garden, and 86 acres. Not only was the Hedworth family now dominant, but the place seems to have shrunk quite dramatically. The village lay on the west bank of the Don, just south of the point at which the Wrekendyke crossed the river. The road pattern roughly survives, but there has been much new building. The 1783 map suggests there was once a green, perhaps later encroached on.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
First reference to Heathewurthe is in Bishop Walcher's late C11 (1072) grant of Jarrow and its appendages to Aldwin. In 1345/6 the bursar's rental records 13 tofts and 429 acres held by at least 9 tenants including John Hedworth. By 1430 the only named (free) tenants were the heirs of John, Richard and John Hedworth, who held 3 tofts, 1 garden, 1 place, 1 waste place and garden, and 86 acres. Not only was the Hedworth family now dominant, but the place seems to have shrunk quite dramatically. The village lay on the west bank of the Don, just south of the point at which the Wrekendyke crossed the river. The road pattern roughly survives, but there has been much new building. Though Roberts and Austin describe it as "an irregular cluster without a green", the 1783 map suggests there was once a green, perhaps later encroached on. Dated C11th.
Site Name
Hedworth village
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken Village
HER Number
980
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 980 >> T. Arnold, 1882, Symeon of Durham, I -Rolls Series
W. Greenwell, 1872, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. lxxxiii, 13-14, 81, 94, 115-116, 208, 308
The College Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts, rental - Durham University Special Collections 5
1781, Plan of Mr Charles Cockerill's estate in...Hedworth...Red Barnes
The College Church Commission, 1783, Monkton, Wardley, Hedworth, nos. 13642-3 -Durham University Special Collections 5
The College Tithe Awards,1840 Hedworth - Durham University Special Collections 5
The College 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham Durham III.16 -Durham University Special Collections 5
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 605
R. Surtees, 1820, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 80-81
E. Mackenzie, 1834, View...of Durham, Vol. I, 134