Black Callerton village

HER Number

1302

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Black Callerton village

Place

Black Callerton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

The earliest reference is 1246, when Eustace Delaval made a grant of half the manor of Black Callerton, comprising 12 bovates and 3 cottages. There were 10 tax- payers in 1296. The village then increased in size: George Delaval in 1519 died in ownership of one manor, 36 tenements and 1 cottage. Reorganization led to a fall in the number of tenants in the late 16th century, there being only 7 in 1584. Three farms were recorded in 1636, and in 1666 11 houses, including the manor. Today there are 2 farms and 6 cottages. Some earthworks such as ridge and furrow have been noted north of the farms.

Easting

417500

Northing

569800

Grid Reference

NZ417500569800

Sources

<< HER 1302 >> Northumberland County History, IX, pp. xii, 136-8, 143-7, 151-2, 159, 168-70, 175, 204
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Black Callerton Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 169-172
Tithe Awards, 1845, Black Callerton -Northumberland Records Office, DT 50 M
S. Wrathmell, Unpublished PhD thesis, Vol. II, 309-10 -Northumberland Records Office
(date unknown),of Callerton Estate, Shelf 25, no. 3 -Northumberland Records Office, Watson Collection
Aerial Photograph, Wellbar House, -U 050504 B.4688.1
Aerial Photograph, RAF -CPE.UK.2352 4 10 47 3129-31
I.p.m. of George Delaval, M 17.34 Northumberland Records Office, ZAN - 1519,
Northumberland Records Office, Rental 1 DE.29C