Cheswick Deserted Village (Ancroft)
Cheswick was a member of the Bishop of Durham's estate of Islandshire. Royal Survey of 1560: a ruinous tower, 17 husbandlands, seven freeholders, four absentee landlords. 1580: 12 tenants. Hearth Tax 1666: 27 householders.
Village had decayed by 1841 due to division in 1719 and the establishment of new farms away from the village.
Broad ridge and furrow lies around the north, east and south of the village and defines the former village area (NU 030465). The area has been levelled and no earthworks remain. (1)
The placename 'Cheswick' suggests the vill produced cheese. It was a dependency of Fenwick in 1210. (2)
Village had decayed by 1841 due to division in 1719 and the establishment of new farms away from the village.
Broad ridge and furrow lies around the north, east and south of the village and defines the former village area (NU 030465). The area has been levelled and no earthworks remain. (1)
The placename 'Cheswick' suggests the vill produced cheese. It was a dependency of Fenwick in 1210. (2)
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LANDSCAPE SURVEY, North Northumberland Coastal Plain ; Historic England
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