Hetton-on-the Hill village (manor)
Hetton-on-the Hill village (manor)
HER Number
261
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hetton-on-the Hill village (manor)
Place
Hetton-on-the-Hill
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Hetton-on-the Hill e merges as a separate entity in the mid 14th century when the vill was said to form half the manor of Hetton (which also included Hetton-le-Hole). A document of 1466 records that it consisted of 2 messuages with 2 granges, a dovecot, 60 acres arable, 6 acres meadow and 60 acres pasture. In the 16th century the property passed from the Bowes family to the Blakistons, and c. 1800 it belonged to George Baker of Elemore. Until fairly recently it was two farms, only one now operative and recently partially redeveloped.
Easting
435211
Northing
545232
Grid Reference
NZ435211545232
Sources
<< HER 261 >> R. Surtees, 1816, History of...Durham, I, pp. 120, 212-213
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Ordnance Survey maps, 1854, 1st edition 1:2500, Durham XX.12; URS, 2014, Farm Cottage, Hetton le Hill - Archaeological Assessment; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p161; Pittington Tithe Map, 1841, DDR/EA/TTH/1/189
Dept. Pal. & Dip. Durham, Ordnance Survey maps, 1854, 1st edition 1:2500, Durham XX.12; URS, 2014, Farm Cottage, Hetton le Hill - Archaeological Assessment; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p161; Pittington Tithe Map, 1841, DDR/EA/TTH/1/189