Thornley manor

HER Number:
635

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Thornley manor

Place:
Thornley

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Manor

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Surtees, the early 19th century antiquarian, records that in 1361 Agnes widow of John de Menevyll of Horden held the manor of Thorneley in Winlaton from Ralph Nevill. It is mentioned in 1368 following the death of Sir Ralph Nevill, and probably stayed in that family until the sale of Winlaton in 1569. From In 1636 William Tempest gent. acquired from Sir William Selby half a messuage, a tofeet and garden, 200 acres of meadow, 200 of pasture, 100 of arable and 100 of moor and whin in Thornley. The present house contains traces of 17th century windows, but there is no visible evidence for a medieval building.

Easting:
1735

Northing:
6038

Grid Reference:
NZ17356038

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 635 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, 274 W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, pp. 156-7