Washington village

HER Number

352

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington village

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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 documentary reference to Washington village is in Boldon Buke (1183 survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) when the vill, but not the church or its lands, was held by William de Hertburne. In Hatfield's Survey of the 14th century Wm. of Washington, knight, held the manor and vill. In the 15th century the owners were the Blaykestons, and in the 18th century the Bracks when "inconsiderable and scattered on the skirts of the brook". It has been interpreted as a regular two-row plan with a green, although this is not entirely supported by the historic map evidence.

Easting

431000

Northing

556600

Grid Reference

NZ431000556600

Sources

<< HER 352 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1852, Boldon Buke, Surtees Society, 25, p. 45 and appendix
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 102
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 614-17
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 40-44
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Shafto Papers, 1702, The Bounders of the Manor of Washington
William Brown collection, C188, Vol. III, no. 18 - Northumberland Records Office
19th century, 309/M196 -Northumberland Records Office
Washington, Blue House farm, D/Br/P/81, 82
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Tithe Awards, 1840, Washington
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham VII.14