Farnacres vill

HER Number

690

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Farnacres vill

Place

Farnacres

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Deserted Settlement

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In the antiquarian Surtees' account of the foundation of Farnacres chantry chapel there occurs a single reference to the vill which he lists as part of the chantry's endowments.

Easting

423900

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ423900560000

Sources

<< HER 690 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, pp. 243-4