Tunstall, farmstead

HER Number

13379

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Tunstall, farmstead

Place

Tunstall

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farmstead

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on a Plan of the Township of Tunstall dated 1830. William Dawson was the tenant of this 'homestall' along with 130 acres and half of Windmill Hill. He paid £32.13.4d for his lease, which were valid for a term of three lifetimes. The farm is shown on the Tithe Map of 1838 and the Ordnance Survey Maps of 1856 to 1946. The plot is now occupied by 3 houses.

Easting

439140

Northing

553440

Grid Reference

NZ439140553440

Sources

Plan of the Township of Tunstall 1830; Tithe Map 1838; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1856