Penshaw Hill Farm

HER Number

16877

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Hill 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 on the north side of Old Penshaw shown on the 1775 Tempest plan and subsequent plans. Hill Farm House occupies the site.

Easting

432980

Northing

553970

Grid Reference

NZ432980553970

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227)