Hill House

HER Number

13378

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hill House

Place

Tunstall

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on a Plan of the Township of Tunstall dated 1830. John Gregson was the tenant of Hill House, Tunstall Hill House, two homestalls and 389 acres. He paid £32.13.4d for each of his three leases, which were valid for a term of three lifetimes. The farm is shown on the Tithe Map of 1838 and the Ordnance Survey Maps of 1856 to 1946. The plot is now occupied by 8 houses (The Maltings).

Easting

439190

Northing

553460

Grid Reference

NZ439190553460

Sources

Plan of the Township of Tunstall 1830; Tithe Map 1838; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1856