Barmston park

HER Number

367

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Barmston park

Place

Barmston

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Hunting Site

Site Type: Specific

Deer Park

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

During the Middle Ages Barmston was held by the Hylton family, and their property there included a park. In 1323 the chantry of St. Mary, in the chapel of Hylton, included among its endowments the honey and wax in the trees in the park of Bermeston (presumably from wild bees). And in 1448 the manor of Bermeston included a park of 90 acres. There is no further information, and its location is unknown.

Easting

433763

Northing

556708

Grid Reference

NZ433763556708

Sources

<< HER 367 >> Prior's Kitchen Durham, Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, 1323, Misc. Cart, 6224, Reg. I ff. 40r-41r
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 49