Whittleburn farm

HER Number

19085

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Whittleburn farm

Place

Usworth

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

Whittleburn is shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map as a quadrangle of buildings around a courtyard with a gin-gang on the southwest side. A Fish Pond lies to the northeast (HER2600). Immediately to the north of the farm 'Whittleburn Banks' is labelled, and then north of that the Whittle Burn itself. The farm survived until the mid 20th century but is now demolished.

Easting

429333

Northing

559343

Grid Reference

NZ429333559343

Sources

Ordnance Survey First Edition map