Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds (Horsley)
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Description
A single wide main street with the foundations of house sites on either side. The rows of houses are very clear set in a line parallel with the street. (1) Welton was originally a member of the barony of Prudhoe, but had been alienated to Tynemouth Priory by the late 12th century. Eight taxpayers were recorded in the Lay Subsidy of 1296. The vill was held by the Welton family in the 16th century. The estate was forfeited to the Crown in the later 16th century after William Welton's involvement in the northern rebellion of 1569. At that time the township contained seven tenants, each with a tenement 'aedificatum', and two others who held between them three cottages. Within the next two centuries the agrarian organisation of the ownship was transformed. In 1777 only four holdings were recorded, three had steadings on the village site. The largest farmhold, Hall Farm, was split in two parts some time later. All five holdings were shown on a plan of c.1830. By 1839 the South Farm had disappeared, split between Town and Hall Farms. Since then East Farm has been amalgamated with Hall Farm. There are now two farmsteads and a house at Welton..... -
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