Fenham grange or manor
Fenham grange or manor
HER Number
1350
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Fenham grange or manor
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Manor
Site Type: Specific
Manor
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A member of the manor of Elswick and barony of Bolam, Fenham was given to the Order of Knights Templars in 1185 and remained with them until their suppression in 1307. It eventually passed to the Knights Hospitallers. The site of any medieval buildings is unknown.
Easting
422000
Northing
565500
Grid Reference
NZ422000565500
Sources
<< HER 1350 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Fenham Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 291-5
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 153-4; II, 348
W. Hutchinson, 1776, A View of Northumberland, II,
Seymour Bell, 19th century, Newcastle Library Local Studies - 3.3 & 4; 9.2
Tithe Awards, 1843, Fenham, Northumberland Records Office, DT 183 S
(date unknown), Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 28.9
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 153-4; II, 348
W. Hutchinson, 1776, A View of Northumberland, II,
Seymour Bell, 19th century, Newcastle Library Local Studies - 3.3 & 4; 9.2
Tithe Awards, 1843, Fenham, Northumberland Records Office, DT 183 S
(date unknown), Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 28.9