Elswick manor

HER Number

1366

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick manor

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Manor

Site Type: Specific

Manor

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Elswick was probably given to Tynemouth Priory as early as 1120; was certainly in their possession in 1189, and the manor was one of ten listed in 1292. It is possible, though not certain, that the manor was located north-west of Elswick Hall, on the south side of Elswick Road, opposite the south end of Mill Lane. There was still a farm here in the mid-19th century.

Easting

423100

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ423100563800

Sources

<< HER 1366 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Elswick Township,Northumberland County History, XIII, 237, 239
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 118
Northumberland Records Office 740 - 1839 Elswick P22