Goswick was a member of the Bishop of Durham's estate of Islandshire and held in three parts. 1560/1: 10 husbandlands and tower belonging to Thomas Swinhoe - one of the two chief tenants. 1580: 10 tenants. In 18th century the estate belonged to the Watson family. Armstrong's map of 1769 showed Goswick as a farm next to the Watson mansion. No earthworks remain of the medieval settlement, but ridge and furrow lies to the west. (1)

Deserted medieval village and ridge and furrow, visible on aerial photographs. (2)

The placename 'Goswick' suggests the vill raised geese. It was a dependency in drengage of Fenwick in 1210 and a dependency owing works to Fenwick. (3)