Sharper House

HER Number

7954

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Sharper House

Place

Walkergate

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Thompson's map of 1745 with a green and a pond. Also shown on the Tithe map of 1843. Unnamed on first and second edition Ordnance Survey maps. Gone by fifth edition of c1960.

Easting

428290

Northing

565780

Grid Reference

NZ428290565780

Sources

Isaac Thompson, Plan of Walker 1745; Tithe, Walker Township, Long Benton Parish, 1843; Ordnance Survey first edition 1865