Huntlaysheugh village

HER Number:
636

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Huntlaysheugh village

Place:
Huntlaysheugh

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Deserted Settlement

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 from Ralph Nevill the hamlet of Huntlaysheugh in Winlaton. Bourn, who called it Huntlayshaugh, understood this to be the original settlement of Winlaton Mill, before Crowley founded his ironworks, citing references Huntlay's Hall, Well and Burn.

Easting:
18

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ1860

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 636 >> R.Surtees, 1820, History of Durham II, 274 W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, 147