Hedworth village
Hedworth village
HER Number
980
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Hedworth village
Place
Hedworth
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken Village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
First reference to Heathewurthe is in Bishop Walcher's late 11th century (c. 1072) grant of Jarrow and its appendages to Aldwin. In 1345/6 the bursar's rental records 13 tofts and 429 acres held by at least 9 tenants including John Hedworth. By 1430 the only named (free) tenants were the heirs of John, Richard and John Hedworth, who held 3 tofts, 1 garden, 1 place, 1 waste place and garden, and 86 acres. Not only was the Hedworth family now dominant, but the place seems to have shrunk quite dramatically. The village lay on the west bank of the Don, just south of the point at which the Wrekendyke crossed the river. The road pattern roughly survives, but there has been much new building. The 1783 map suggests there was once a green, perhaps later encroached on.
Easting
433600
Northing
562900
Grid Reference
NZ433600562900
Sources
<< HER 980 >> T. Arnold, 1882, Symeon of Durham, I -Rolls Series
W. Greenwell, 1872, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. lxxxiii, 13-14, 81, 94, 115-116, 208, 308
The College Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts, rental - Durham University Special Collections 5
1781, Plan of Mr Charles Cockerill's estate in...Hedworth...Red Barnes
The College Church Commission, 1783, Monkton, Wardley, Hedworth, nos. 13642-3 -Durham University Special Collections 5
The College Tithe Awards,1840 Hedworth - Durham University Special Collections 5
The College 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham Durham III.16 -Durham University Special Collections 5
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 605
R. Surtees, 1820, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 80-81
E. Mackenzie, 1834, View...of Durham, Vol. I, 134
W. Greenwell, 1872, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, 58, pp. lxxxiii, 13-14, 81, 94, 115-116, 208, 308
The College Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, med. Bursar's accounts, rental - Durham University Special Collections 5
1781, Plan of Mr Charles Cockerill's estate in...Hedworth...Red Barnes
The College Church Commission, 1783, Monkton, Wardley, Hedworth, nos. 13642-3 -Durham University Special Collections 5
The College Tithe Awards,1840 Hedworth - Durham University Special Collections 5
The College 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham Durham III.16 -Durham University Special Collections 5
W. Hutchinson, 1787, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 605
R. Surtees, 1820, History...of Durham, Vol. II, 80-81
E. Mackenzie, 1834, View...of Durham, Vol. I, 134