Tyne and Wear HER(793): Weetslade, Thurspottes well - Details
793
N Tyneside
Weetslade, Thurspottes well
Weetslade
NZ27SE
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Storage Site
Well
Medieval
C13
Documentary Evidence
The well is known from a medieval document containing the following information: "In 1256 Geoffrey of Weetslade came to an agreement with Roger Bertram, a minor, and Agnes his mother, concerning their rights of common in Weetslade and Mason (Merdesfen) respectively. The Bertrams remitted to Geoffrey their right of common in Weetslade, saving right of access to the well at Thurspottes".
26129
73619
NZ2612973619
<< HER 793 >> M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Weetslade Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 431