Newbottle village
Newbottle village
HER Number
323
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Newbottle village
Place
Newbottle
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The earliest known documentary reference to Newbottle is 1112. It is clear from Boldon Buke (1183 survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) that Newbottle was a major centre, with a new mill, and inhabited by bondmen, 19 cotmen, a bailiff, smith and pounder. It was also thriving in the 14th century at the time of Bishop Hatfield's Survey, with a minimum of 21 named tenants, 24 cottages, a common oven and a mill. In plan it is thought to have been a regular two-row plan settlement with green. There are some handsome 18th century houses bordering the green, and at the east end a farm, a 19th century church and churchyard.
Easting
433800
Northing
551500
Grid Reference
NZ433800551500
Sources
<< HER 323 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1852, Boldon Buke, Surtees Society, Vol. 25, passim
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, Vol. 32,
D.A. Kirby, ed. 1972, Parliamentary Surveys of the Bishopric of Durham, Surtees Society, II Vol. 185, pp. 158-161
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Enclosure Awards, 1671, Copies of Chancery Decree Awards, Newbottle, 30
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Books, 1672, Newbottle, Vol. 85, f. 1556
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Books, 1700, Newbottle East, North and West Fields,Vol. 91, f. 1835
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Addit maps and plan, 19th century Land at Newbottle, 25a
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Addit maps and plans, 19th century Houghton and Newbottle, 26g
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1840, Newbottle
G. Milburn, 1979, Newbottle: An Outline History, Durham County Local History Society, Bulletin 23, August 1979, pp. 12-28; Ian Nairn, 1964, A Townscape Gazetteer - County Durham, Architectural Review, Vol. 135 (1964) p 122
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, Vol. 32,
D.A. Kirby, ed. 1972, Parliamentary Surveys of the Bishopric of Durham, Surtees Society, II Vol. 185, pp. 158-161
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Enclosure Awards, 1671, Copies of Chancery Decree Awards, Newbottle, 30
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Books, 1672, Newbottle, Vol. 85, f. 1556
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Books, 1700, Newbottle East, North and West Fields,Vol. 91, f. 1835
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Addit maps and plan, 19th century Land at Newbottle, 25a
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Halmote Court Addit maps and plans, 19th century Houghton and Newbottle, 26g
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1840, Newbottle
G. Milburn, 1979, Newbottle: An Outline History, Durham County Local History Society, Bulletin 23, August 1979, pp. 12-28; Ian Nairn, 1964, A Townscape Gazetteer - County Durham, Architectural Review, Vol. 135 (1964) p 122