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Deserted settlement of West Hartburn, Middleton St George

County Durham Aerial photographic site survey © DCC
County Durham Aerial photographic site survey © DCC
The deserted settlement of West Hartburn includes Goosepool, Foster-House and Gingerbread House. Two rows of cottages with a central well remained in 1823, and according to tradition the chapel and burial ground were at Long Newton or Goosepool.

The site of the deserted medieval village is now marked by turf-covered banks and ditches forming low rectangular platforms within rectangular and sub-rectangular enclosures. Two hollow ways run to the north and south of the modern road.

Excavations between 1962 and 1969 revealed three two-roomed long houses, and two other buildings, a paved causeway and a sunken road. Considerable architectural detail was recovered. The structures date from the 13th century, and were rebuilt in the 16th century.

D209
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1011257
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone (HAZ), County Durham, Aerial Photo Project 2018-2019; Historic England Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) team
Excavation of the deserted settlement of West Hartburn, Middleton St George, 1961-9


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