Killingworth common fields
Killingworth common fields
HER Number
801
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Killingworth common fields
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
Site Type: Specific
Broad Ridge and Furrow
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
South of the main road through Killingworth there is a small field (NZ 2830 7075) containing ridge and furrow, with about 20 north-south ridges. The Terrier document of 1373 includes a long list of selions, with acreages and occupiers, which may relate ot the ridge & furrow.
Easting
428301
Northing
570741
Grid Reference
NZ428301570741
Sources
<< HER 801 >> 1373, Terrier of Hawkewell Phillips, Newcastle Library Local Studies MS 17242, and Northumberland Records Office 625
Aerial Photograph, Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 8-413-5
Aerial Photograph, North Tyneside MBC Technical Serv, 1980, 18 Oct., Run 4 no. 212
Aerial Photograph, Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 8-413-5
Aerial Photograph, North Tyneside MBC Technical Serv, 1980, 18 Oct., Run 4 no. 212