Nesbitt deserted medieval village (Stamfordham)
Nesbit was granted to Hexham Priory in 1297. There were eight taxpayers in the 1296 Lay Subsidy. The Black Book of 1379 records the entire township - one free tenant, 12 acres arable land, 19 husbandlands each 25 acres arable, four cottages and a garden. Held by no more than nine tenants.
After the Dissolution the estate comprised five tenements. Drastic reorganisation was carried out mid-16th century by the Widdrington family. In the Hearth Tax of 1666 Nesbitt was assessed with Ouston - together they mustered two houses with chimneys and four exempt. Two farms, East and West Nesbitt, shown on a 19th century map.
Depopulation was probably gradual from the early 14th century. The township is largely covered by RAF Ouston. Village location uncertain. (1)
Probable site close to present gatehouse at entrance to Albemarle Barracks. (2)
The First Edition OS map of 1864 shows a site annotated at Tofts some 480m east of Nesbitt on the same roughly east-west alignment as the buildings at Nesbit. Tofts is shown on the First Edition map as one building with a series of enclosures and boundaries. The layout and name suggest that a series of tofts associated with medieval settlement were previously located in this area. (3)
After the Dissolution the estate comprised five tenements. Drastic reorganisation was carried out mid-16th century by the Widdrington family. In the Hearth Tax of 1666 Nesbitt was assessed with Ouston - together they mustered two houses with chimneys and four exempt. Two farms, East and West Nesbitt, shown on a 19th century map.
Depopulation was probably gradual from the early 14th century. The township is largely covered by RAF Ouston. Village location uncertain. (1)
Probable site close to present gatehouse at entrance to Albemarle Barracks. (2)
The First Edition OS map of 1864 shows a site annotated at Tofts some 480m east of Nesbitt on the same roughly east-west alignment as the buildings at Nesbit. Tofts is shown on the First Edition map as one building with a series of enclosures and boundaries. The layout and name suggest that a series of tofts associated with medieval settlement were previously located in this area. (3)
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