Rainton manor
Rainton manor
HER Number
279
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Rainton manor
Place
Middle Rainton
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Manor
Site Type: Specific
Manor
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In origin Rainton manor was part of the ancient estate of St. Cuthbert and property of the prior and convent of Durham. It was, however, specifically described as the manor of "Estrainton" in the bursar's account of 1365-6. In 1350-1 there is record of the building of a new grange there.
Easting
433000
Northing
547000
Grid Reference
NZ433000547000
Sources
<< HER 279 >> Prior's Kitchen Durham, Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's account rolls
J. Fielding, 1980, A Study of the Buildings on the Bursar's Manors of Durham Cathedral Priory, Durham University Unpublished M.A. thesis, passim
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, Vol. 58, pp.
Prior's Kitchen Durham, Church Commission, 1840, C.C. no. 13661
Prior's Kitchen Durham, Halmote Books, 1409; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p130
J. Fielding, 1980, A Study of the Buildings on the Bursar's Manors of Durham Cathedral Priory, Durham University Unpublished M.A. thesis, passim
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, Vol. 58, pp.
Prior's Kitchen Durham, Church Commission, 1840, C.C. no. 13661
Prior's Kitchen Durham, Halmote Books, 1409; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p130