Canal Farm
Canal Farm
HER Number
13702
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Canal Farm
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1854 but not on the tithe plan of 1845. Named as Canal House and later Canal Farm. The term canal probably refers to the canalised (straightened) section of the Barnes Burn which predates the farm. The farm originally comprised an east-west range and a single building to the south. The farm was only subsequently developed by the addition of a new single farm building 1854-95 and survived until shortly before 1960 leaving only a solitary barn which was demolished before 1970.
Easting
437480
Northing
555480
Grid Reference
NZ437480555480
Sources
Archaeo-Environment Ltd., 2008, Proposed relocated council depot at Ettrick Grove to the west of Barnes Park - Archaeological Assessment