Fawdon village
Fawdon village
HER Number
1352
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Fawdon village
Place
Fawdon
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A member of the barony of Whalton, first mentioned by name in 1242. It had four taxpayers in 1312. Before 1346 Fawdon was acquired by William of Heselrig, and it remained in that family until 1763, being bought by Matthew Bell of Woolsington in 1768. Maps of 1730 and the early 19th century show an irregular cluster of buildings around the bend in Fawdon lane. They probably formed just two steadings, one on each side of the road. These, plus Fawdon House, made up the village in the mid 19th century.
Easting
422600
Northing
569600
Grid Reference
NZ422600569600
Sources
<< HER 1352 >> W.H. Thompson, 1921, Northumberland Pleas, 1198-1272, Newcastle Record Series, II, no. 469
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Fawdon Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 367-8
1730, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 25.24
1810, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 20.9
Tithe Awards, 1841, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, DT177 M
R. Welford, (date unknown), History of the Parish of Gosforth, 91-100
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, II, 381-2- Northumberland Records Office
Newcastle University Library Ordnance Survey maps, 1st ed., 1:2500, 88.6
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Fawdon Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 367-8
1730, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 25.24
1810, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, Watson Coll, 20.9
Tithe Awards, 1841, Fawdon, Northumberland Records Office, DT177 M
R. Welford, (date unknown), History of the Parish of Gosforth, 91-100
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, II, 381-2- Northumberland Records Office
Newcastle University Library Ordnance Survey maps, 1st ed., 1:2500, 88.6