Thristley House

HER Number

16243

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Thristley House

Place

Burdon

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

In 1856 the farmer at Thristley House was Thomas Bolton. He was presumably a relative of Robert Bolton who was the farmer at Old Burdon. Dinah and Thomas Robinson are also listed as farmers at Thristley House in the same directory.

Easting

437760

Northing

551310

Grid Reference

NZ437760551310

Sources

Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1858; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 615