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:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Manor

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

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:
220

Northing:
655

Grid Reference:
NZ220655

Lats/Lons:

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