Newburn, Saxon burgh

HER Number

1296

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, Saxon burgh

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Burgh

General Period

EARLY MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Early Medieval 410 to 1066

Form of Evidence

Implied Evidence

Description

Newburn formed part of the royal demesne of the Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which included Bamburgh, Warkworth and Corbridge. When the kingdom ceased to exist, the land and all the royal privileges passed to the official earls of Northumbria. In 1095 this demesne passed to the crown of England as a result of the revolt of Robert de Mowbray. No reference to Newburn as a borough has been found later than 1201.

Easting

416629

Northing

565277

Grid Reference

NZ416629565277

Sources

<< HER 1296 >> , H.H.E. Craster, 1914, Corbridge Township, Northumberland County History X, 28-29
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 118, 141-143