West Barnwell Farm

HER Number

16874

District

Sunderland

Site Name

West Barnwell Farm

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Farm shown on the 1775 Tempest plan and subsequent plans. Still labelled and showing gin gang on 1959 plan. Tithe plan 1848 states the landowner as Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry and the tenent as James Humphrey.

Easting

432980

Northing

553320

Grid Reference

NZ432980553320

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest, 1775, Plan of Penshaw Lands, DRO NCB 1/X 227; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2016, Land at Chester Road, Penshaw, Tyne and Wear archaeological desk-based assessment, ASDU report 4064; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2020 Land at Chester Road, Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, geophysical survey, ASDU report 5326; Archaeological Services Durham University 2020, Land at Chester Road, Penshaw, Tyne and Wear, archaeological evaluation report 5365; WYAS Archaeological Services, 2022, Chester Road, Penshaw, Sunderland: Archaeological Excavations Assessment Report, WYAS Report 3699.