Spen village

HER Number:
497

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Spen village

Place:
Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Village

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
When Robert Nevill, lord of Raby granted land on the Tyne to Newminster Abbey in the 13th century he also gave the monks free passage from their wood at Chopwell through the vills of Spen and Winlaton to the river. In 1370 Katherine, widow of Hugh de Fery, held 4 messuages and 100 acres in Berley and Spen. From this it appears that Spen was, in the Middle Ages, the property of the Nevills and not part of Chopwell.

Easting:
13972

Northing:
59645

Grid Reference:
NZ1397259645

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 497 >> Rev. J.T. Fowler, 1878, The Newminster Cartulary, Surtees Society, 66 (for 1876), pp. 51-2 R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, p. 276 W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 161-3 Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham V.8