Archdeacon Newton
Archdeacon Newton | |
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Darlington | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DARLINGTON |
Postcode district | DL2 |
Dialling code | 01325 |
Police | Durham |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Archdeacon Newton is a
Geographical and political
The underlying composition here is of
History
The hamlet apparently once contained a chapel;[5] it now a parish of 1,063.5 acres (4.304 km2),[6] although it was once part of Darlington parish.[7] The area enclosed by Townend Farm and Archdeacon Newton's approach road to the west, Newton Lane to the north, and Hall Farm to the south contains the site of a medieval abandoned village, with visible earthworks in pasture at the northern end and farm buildings at the southern end of the site:[8] this is a scheduled monument. The hamlet's name derives from the fact that in the Middle Ages the Archdeacon of Durham founded and built what is now the abandoned village.[7] An alternative theory says that the land was leased from the archdeacon.[4] Around 1800, Hilton "High Price" Middleton of Archdeacon Newton bred a great Durham Ox, and the now-defunct Newton Kyloe pub at Cockerton Green was named after it.[4] In 1894 the land was owned by the Church Commissioners and the population was 52;[9] down from its highest level of 72 in 1801, when pews were reserved for Archdeacon Newton people at St Cuthbert's in the centre of Darlington, and Methodist prayers were said in a farmhouse kitchen. This was before the nearer church of Holy Trinity, Darlington, was built in 1836.[10] The 1851 census shows residents with surnames of Brown and Geldart or Geldert.[9]
Archaeological sites and finds
The manor of this village survives at Hall Farm as a farm building with some medieval features, and an adjacent farm building was probably once an early 16th-century house. Apart from these buildings, the abandoned village is indicated by
Abandoned settlement
The area to the east of the Archdeacon Newton approach road, and to the south of Newton Lane, is the location of the medieval abandoned village and scheduled monument.[5] The manor and house were at the southern end of a settlement which had three farms and a row of cottages, indicated in the existing pasture by house platforms.[5] It is now thought that the buildings were tenant tofts attached to the manor, and not a nucleated village.[8] Cobbled banks and ditches running east to west and situated towards the north end of the site identify the original enclosures of these tofts.[1][8] The banks are 13 feet (4.0 m) wide and 2 feet (0.61 m) high, and the ditches are 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and 1 foot (0.30 m) deep.[8] There is an associated ridge and furrow field, and a 13 feet (4.0 m) wide trackway runs from halfway along the east side of the site, in a south-easterly direction, for 790 feet (240 m) as far as a modern fence.[8] An undated trench for electricity supply was dug at Hall Farm at the southern end of the hamlet's approach road, surveyed by an archaeological watching brief, but nothing of historical interest was found.[11]
Old Hall and moated site
The Old Hall,
The
Chapel
It is thought that the chapel was on the 6.5 feet (2.0 m) high triangular platform at the north end of the site and on the south side of Newton Lane.[5] There is a ditch along the south side of this feature.[8] Evidence for the chapel exists in a licence given in 1414 to Robert Fisher, John Nicholson and John Deves to hold religious services in a chapel at Archdeacon Newton.[7]
Enclosure
Another enclosure has been identified by aerial photography 0.31 miles (0.50 km) north-west of the hamlet, and on the south side of Newton Lane.[15]
References
- ^ a b c d "Keys to the past". Archdeacon Newton; deserted Medieval village. (Archdeacon Newton). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "The motorway archive". Region: North East A1(M) & A66(M). The Darlington By-Pass motorway (J56 to J59). Motorway Archive Trust. Retrieved 9 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Darlington Borough Council" (PDF). Election of a parish councillor: parish of Archdeacon Newton rural ward. DBC. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "John North: a happy marriage of land and lord". The Northern Echo. 10 October 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Keys to the past". Archdeacon Newton; moated site (Archdeacon Newton). Durham County Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ 1856–1865 map, on Keys to the Past site Archived 9 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "Keys to the past". Local History: Archdeacon Newton (County Durham). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pastscape". Archdeacon Newton. English Heritage. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ a b "UK Genealogy archives". Archdeacon Newton. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Joiner, Paul R. (7 January 2008). "Genuki". Darlington. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Keys to the past". Archdeacon Newton, Darlington.; Archaeological Watching Brief. (Archdeacon Newton). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Ramblers' Association (August 1999). "Walks around the Borough of Darlington" (PDF). No.6: Archdeacon Newton and Walworth. DBC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Keys to the past". Medieval Building, Archdeacon Newton, Darlington; Archaeological Report. (Archdeacon Newton). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Keys to the past". Barn 100 metres east of hall farmhouse; Listed building (Archdeacon Newton). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Keys to the past". Archdeacon Newton; Enclosure (Archdeacon Newton). DCC. 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.