Farringdon monastic grange
Farringdon monastic grange
HER Number
222
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Farringdon monastic grange
Place
Farringdon
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Religious House
Site Type: Specific
Augustinian Grange
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Farendon-grange is listed as one of the properties of Hexham Priory, its boundaries described in great detail, suggesting that most of its land was in a single block between the vills of Herrington (sic) and Silksworth, but in the territory of the latter. Also mentioned are a windmill, oven and brewhouse. Its precise location is unknown.
Easting
436700
Northing
553500
Grid Reference
NZ436700553500
Sources
<< HER 222 >> J. Raine, ed. 1865, The Priory of Hexham, Surtees Society,46 (for 1864), pp. 62-64
R. Surtees, 1972, History of...the County Palatine of Durham, I (1816), p. 247; AAG Archaeology, 2020 Desk-based assessment Land North of City Way, East Herrington;
Ordnance Survey, 1854, 1st edition 1:2500, Durham XIV.5 -Sunderland Library Local Studies
R. Surtees, 1972, History of...the County Palatine of Durham, I (1816), p. 247; AAG Archaeology, 2020 Desk-based assessment Land North of City Way, East Herrington;
Ordnance Survey, 1854, 1st edition 1:2500, Durham XIV.5 -Sunderland Library Local Studies