Southwick village
Southwick village
HER Number
52
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Southwick village
Place
Southwick
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 Southwick village appears to be 1072 when it is mentioned in documents as connected to Durham Priory, containing 6 free tenants, 7 tenants held by work service, a windmill, a brewhouse, a fishery on the Wear and a tavern. In 1580 8 tenants are listed, including one holding the windmill. Historic maps suggest it was a regular two row village with a green, and this outline is still apparent though the buildings have all been renewed and its surroundings heavily industrialized. The relevant streets are, from north-south: The King's Road (formerly Back Lane), Sunderland Road, The Green (formerly Town Street). The names of Lilburn Place, Scott's Bank and Stony Lane, both running south from the south side of the village, survive.
Easting
438400
Northing
558500
Grid Reference
NZ438400558500
Sources
<< HER 52 >> T. Arnold, ed. 1882, Symeon of Durham - Rolls Series
DUL Archives & Special Collections Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts, rental
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, Vol. 58, pp. lxxxiii, 15-16, 94, 119, 181, 311
W.H.D. Longstaffe & J. Booth, eds. 1889, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, I 82, pp. 4, 27, 162, 177, 227-8,
W. Donkin, 1746, Plan of lands...at Southwick belonging to George Grey esq. - Sunderland Museum
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1779, Monkwearmouth, Southwick and Fulwell, C.C. 13654
Plan of Southwick, 1826, Sunderland Museum
DUL Archives & Special Collections, Halmote Court, Addit maps and plans, 1837, Plan of Southwick, 48
DUL Archives & Special Collections Tithe Plans, 1840, Southwick
G.W. Bain, 1907, The Topography of Southwick, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. V, pp. 1-4
Rev. J. Raine, 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Surtees Society, 29, pp. 195-6, 198,
DUL Archives & Special Collections Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts, rental
W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, Vol. 58, pp. lxxxiii, 15-16, 94, 119, 181, 311
W.H.D. Longstaffe & J. Booth, eds. 1889, Durham Halmote Rolls, Surtees Society, I 82, pp. 4, 27, 162, 177, 227-8,
W. Donkin, 1746, Plan of lands...at Southwick belonging to George Grey esq. - Sunderland Museum
DUL Archives & Special Collections Church Commissioners, 1779, Monkwearmouth, Southwick and Fulwell, C.C. 13654
Plan of Southwick, 1826, Sunderland Museum
DUL Archives & Special Collections, Halmote Court, Addit maps and plans, 1837, Plan of Southwick, 48
DUL Archives & Special Collections Tithe Plans, 1840, Southwick
G.W. Bain, 1907, The Topography of Southwick, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. V, pp. 1-4
Rev. J. Raine, 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Surtees Society, 29, pp. 195-6, 198,