Corving Row

HER Number

16268

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Corving Row

Place

Chilton Moor

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Corving Row (a corf or corve is a wicker basket or minecart used for carrying coal), a row of terraced housing shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1857. The houses, associated with Rainton Colliery, were built around the 1840s and were demolished by the later 1930s. One of the brick-built houses was archaeologically excavated in 2016. It had two ground floor rooms, equipped with a fireplace and range. To the rear were a series of yards, walls, outbuildings and privies.

Easting

432500

Northing

549250

Grid Reference

NZ432500549250

Sources

Ordnance Survey First Edition 1857; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2013, Chilton Moor, Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear - archaeological assessment; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2014, Chilton Moor, Fencehouses, Tyne and Wear - Geophysical Survey; Archaeological Services Durham University, Feb 2016, Redburn Row, Chilton Moor, Tyne and Wear - archaeological evaluation and earthwork survey; Archaeological Services Durham University, Feb 2018, Redburn Row, Chilton Moor, Tyne and Wear - post-excavation full analysis