Boldon Lane, pound

HER Number

12761

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Boldon Lane, pound

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Pound

Site Type: Specific

Pound

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

The Boldon Book of 1180 (a survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) mentions Cleadon pound or pinfold. Wawn in his 'Notes on the Antiquities of Cleadon' says that the pound was Cleadon's oldest heritage. From at leadt the 18th century the pound was located at the junction of West Park Road (formerly Pinfold Lane) and Boldon Lane. Today there is a plaque and seat at the road junction to commemorate it.

Easting

438080

Northing

562280

Grid Reference

NZ438080562280

Sources

South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 8; D. Wawn, no date, Notes on the Antiquities of Cleadon; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas