Tyne and Wear HER(801): Killingworth common fields - Details
801
N Tyneside
Killingworth common fields
Killingworth
NZ27SE
Agriculture and Subsistence
Cultivation Marks
Broad Ridge and Furrow
Medieval
Earthwork
South of the main road through Killingworth there is a small field (NZ 2830 7075) containing ridge and furrow, with about 20 north-south ridges. The Terrier document of 1373 includes a long list of selions, with acreages and occupiers, which may relate ot the ridge & furrow.
28301
70741
NZ2830170741
<< HER 801 >> 1373, Terrier of Hawkewell Phillips, Newcastle Library Local Studies MS 17242, and Northumberland Records Office 625
Aerial Photograph, Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 8-413-5
Aerial Photograph, North Tyneside MBC Technical Serv, 1980, 18 Oct., Run 4 no. 212