Downham (Carham)
NT 865340 deserted medieval village at Downham. (1)
No visible remains. Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1945). (2)
Downham was a member of the barony of Wark on Tweed. 1296: one tax-payer. 1336: two taxpayers. 1541: eight husbandlands. 1580: four tenants. 1693: three tenants. Small village shown on Armstrong's map of 1769. Slight earthworks in front of the modern farmhouse. Traces of a road marked on Greenwood's map of 1828 are traceable in the field south of the farm. (3)
No visible remains. Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1945). (2)
Downham was a member of the barony of Wark on Tweed. 1296: one tax-payer. 1336: two taxpayers. 1541: eight husbandlands. 1580: four tenants. 1693: three tenants. Small village shown on Armstrong's map of 1769. Slight earthworks in front of the modern farmhouse. Traces of a road marked on Greenwood's map of 1828 are traceable in the field south of the farm. (3)
N874
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
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