Cocklaw (Wall)
NY 938711 Deserted medieval village at Cocklaw. (Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946)). (1)
The only visible evidence of possible depopulation is a small area of disturbed ground centred at NY 93897123. (2)
The vill was in the regality of Hexham. In the Subsidy of 1295-6 only three taxpayers were recorded at Upper Errington. Thereafter medieval documents refer mostly to a single vill of Errington. This, together with the change in the name of West Errington, suggests the settlement may have been largely depopulated by the end of the Middle Ages. Only one house was recorded at Cocklaw in 1666 Hearth Tax. By 1839 only the present two farmsteads remained.
The farmsteads probably cover most of the site; there is what may be the end of a row of crofts visible to the north of the western farmstead. (3)
Cocklaw deserted medieval village. (4)
Medieval/ post medieval banks, boundary banks and mounds are visible as earthworks on air photographs centred at NY 9385 7120. A fragmentary arrangement of banks are visible but it is unclear whether these represent the remains of the deserted medieval settlement. (5)
The only visible evidence of possible depopulation is a small area of disturbed ground centred at NY 93897123. (2)
The vill was in the regality of Hexham. In the Subsidy of 1295-6 only three taxpayers were recorded at Upper Errington. Thereafter medieval documents refer mostly to a single vill of Errington. This, together with the change in the name of West Errington, suggests the settlement may have been largely depopulated by the end of the Middle Ages. Only one house was recorded at Cocklaw in 1666 Hearth Tax. By 1839 only the present two farmsteads remained.
The farmsteads probably cover most of the site; there is what may be the end of a row of crofts visible to the north of the western farmstead. (3)
Cocklaw deserted medieval village. (4)
Medieval/ post medieval banks, boundary banks and mounds are visible as earthworks on air photographs centred at NY 9385 7120. A fragmentary arrangement of banks are visible but it is unclear whether these represent the remains of the deserted medieval settlement. (5)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
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