East Ritton grange (Nunnykirk)
(Approx NZ 083 934) East Ritton: Grange of Newminster Abbey. ('Ritton' is shown on OS 6 inch 1924 at NZ 08289342). (1)
Ranulph de Merlay, in the time of Henry I (1100-1135) gave Ritton, consisting of the two townships of East and West Ritton, to the Abbot of Newminster. After the Dissolution East Ritton was in 1568 in the hands of the Crown. (2)
Ritton consists of a farmhouse with outbuildings, of modern construction, situated in open farmland. There are no traces of a Grange to be seen in the area, and no local knowledge of one was encountered. Sir Charles Orde, Nunykirk, stated that he had never heard of East Ritton, nor of its Grange, but Hadcock (1) evidently identifies East Ritton with this site and West Ritton with Ritton White House. (3)
NZ 083934 Ritton - Pele. (4)
No evidence of a pele in or around the present farmstead. (5)
General asociation with HER 11070. (6)
Ranulph de Merlay, in the time of Henry I (1100-1135) gave Ritton, consisting of the two townships of East and West Ritton, to the Abbot of Newminster. After the Dissolution East Ritton was in 1568 in the hands of the Crown. (2)
Ritton consists of a farmhouse with outbuildings, of modern construction, situated in open farmland. There are no traces of a Grange to be seen in the area, and no local knowledge of one was encountered. Sir Charles Orde, Nunykirk, stated that he had never heard of East Ritton, nor of its Grange, but Hadcock (1) evidently identifies East Ritton with this site and West Ritton with Ritton White House. (3)
NZ 083934 Ritton - Pele. (4)
No evidence of a pele in or around the present farmstead. (5)
General asociation with HER 11070. (6)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
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