East Whorlton

HER Number

11596

District

Newcastle

Site Name

East Whorlton

Place

Whorlton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farmstead

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Not to be confused with East Whorlton House which was some 640m north of this farm. East Whorlton was said in 1825 to have consisted of one farmhold and four cottages. East Whorlton is shown on the tithe map of 1847. Shown as an amalgamated 'Whorlton' with West Whorlton (HER 1579) on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. Rebuilt as Whorlton Grange (HER 1933).

Easting

419210

Northing

567890

Grid Reference

NZ419210567890

Sources

Whorlton Tithe Map 1847 (Woodhorn NRO DT 509 M); Ordnance Survey First Edition 1858