Walbottle, drove road to common land
Walbottle, drove road to common land
HER Number
11558
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle, drove road to common land
Place
Walbottle
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Drove Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A wide drove road is shown on a plan of 1620 leading from Walbottle village to 'Newburne, Walbottle and Butterlaw Comon' which lay north of the village. The common was enclosed by 1767 and divided into fields. The road was extended and straightened, with a dog-leg in the centre. When the 1767 map is compared with that of 1620 it is clear that the road is following the former blocks of furlongs. This phenomenon is noted elsewhere by Aston (1985).
Easting
417254
Northing
566879
Grid Reference
NZ417254566879
Sources
A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1; I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25; A Plan of Walbottle Dean Farm 1808, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO ZAN Bell 14/5, A Plan of Walbottle North or Inn Farm, 1808, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO ZAN Bell 14/5; M. Aston, 1985, Interpreting the Landscape, p. 43; Jennifer Morrison, 2007, Newburn manor - an analysis of a changing medieval, post-medieval and early modern landscape in Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 68 (unpublished MA thesis, Durham University)