Monkwearmouth village
Monkwearmouth village
HER Number
51
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth village
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
The earliest reference to Monkwearmouth village is from 1075 when the vill of Wearmouth was granted to Aldwin at Wearmouth. It remained a possession of the priory of Durham until the Dissolution. In 1345 18 tenants held 17 tofts and 1 cottage there; by 1539 there were only 4 named tenants. Its subsequent relationship with the township of Monkwearmouth Shore is not clear, and it is puzzling that the village was not physically related to the church of St. Peter's and its immediate surroundings. Historic maps suggest it consisted of two long east-west streets above the Wear. The north one in the mid-19th century was John Street and Broad Street, now subsumed into Roker Avenue, the south one was Thomas Street and the Causeway. Their west ends lie on the major junction on the Newcastle Road. The east end of the village is Church Street. There is a huge space between them which could perhaps be interpreted as a green. However, the area is now very much rebuilt, making the interpretation of its medieval extent and layout extremely problematic.
Easting
439900
Northing
558000
Grid Reference
NZ439900558000
Sources
<< HER 51 >> DUL Archives & Special Collections Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts
DUL Archives & Special Collections Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's rental
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. lxxxiii, 17, 82, 94, 120, 311
W.H.D. Longstaffe & J. Booth, eds. 1889, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, I 82, passim,
C.M. Fraser, 1955, Gilly-Corn and the Customary of the Convent of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXXIII, pp. 35-60
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 629-36
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 1, 7
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1779, Monkwearmouth, Southwick and Fulwell, C.C. 13654
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1812, Monkwearmouth, map and survey book, C.C. 13656, 13657
Wm. Lewin, 1714, Survey of the Manor of Monkwearmouth - Sunderland Museum
Rev. J. Raine, ed. 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Surtees Society, 29, pp. 195-6, 198,
Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of the mouth of the River Wear -Sunderland Museum
Sunderland Museum, 1826, Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
DUL Archives & Special Collections Ordnance Survey maps, 1st ed., 1:2500, viii.10
DUL Archives & Special Collections, Tithe maps, 1840, Monkwearmouth; ARS Ltd. 2011, Land to the north of Lower Dundas Street, Sunderland - Archaeological Evaluation; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham
DUL Archives & Special Collections Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's rental
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. lxxxiii, 17, 82, 94, 120, 311
W.H.D. Longstaffe & J. Booth, eds. 1889, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, I 82, passim,
C.M. Fraser, 1955, Gilly-Corn and the Customary of the Convent of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXXIII, pp. 35-60
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 629-36
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 1, 7
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1779, Monkwearmouth, Southwick and Fulwell, C.C. 13654
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1812, Monkwearmouth, map and survey book, C.C. 13656, 13657
Wm. Lewin, 1714, Survey of the Manor of Monkwearmouth - Sunderland Museum
Rev. J. Raine, ed. 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Surtees Society, 29, pp. 195-6, 198,
Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of the mouth of the River Wear -Sunderland Museum
Sunderland Museum, 1826, Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
DUL Archives & Special Collections Ordnance Survey maps, 1st ed., 1:2500, viii.10
DUL Archives & Special Collections, Tithe maps, 1840, Monkwearmouth; ARS Ltd. 2011, Land to the north of Lower Dundas Street, Sunderland - Archaeological Evaluation; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham