North Dissington (Stamfordham; Ponteland)
NZ 118716. Deserted medieval village at Dissington, North. (1)
North Dissington now consists of a Hall and park centred at NZ 117 715. There is no visual evidence of depopulation either on the ground or on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946) and any 'village' was probably destroyed for emparking purposes. (2)
The township seems to have been a large settlement during the Middle Ages. In 1312 13 people were assessed in the Lay Subsidy. The village survived into the 16th century. In 1518 there were 16 tenements and seven cottages. Twenty three occupants were recorded in a rental of 1518.
North Dissington was part of the inheritance of Sir Robert Delaval, and was affected by his policy of pastoral demesne farming. Seems not to have been completely deserted. The Hearth Tax of 1666 recorded one house with six hearths, two with one each and one exempt. Described as a 'small village' by Warburton in 1715. The last few houses had disappeared by the end of the 18th century, and a plan of 1777 shows the area as a park.
The position of the village is not known but was likely to have stood in the vicinity of the present hall. (3)
Seemingly earthwork traces of toft and croft, with rectangular buildings, to the west of the extensive ridge and furrow in the lengthy field to the North of the road. Traces visible from the road near the Eachwick bridge. (4)
These earthworks are also shown in aerial photographs of the area. To the right of the small rectangular buildings at least one seemingly roughly square enclosure free of ridge and furrow earthworks. (5)
2012 aerial reconnaissance photography shows settlement earthworks centred at NZ 1190 7147, north of the River Pont, adjacent to Dalton Village Hall. The earthworks comprise a primary east-west hollow way, to the north of which may be faint traces of ridge and furrow. Between the hollow way and the river are further trackways, the outline of a rectangular building and a shallow fishpond bordered by a broad bank and ditch, the latter which may have been the water channel feeder for the pond. One of the hollow ways spans both sides of the River Pont, at NZ 1191 7139, where a ford is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. (6)
North Dissington now consists of a Hall and park centred at NZ 117 715. There is no visual evidence of depopulation either on the ground or on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946) and any 'village' was probably destroyed for emparking purposes. (2)
The township seems to have been a large settlement during the Middle Ages. In 1312 13 people were assessed in the Lay Subsidy. The village survived into the 16th century. In 1518 there were 16 tenements and seven cottages. Twenty three occupants were recorded in a rental of 1518.
North Dissington was part of the inheritance of Sir Robert Delaval, and was affected by his policy of pastoral demesne farming. Seems not to have been completely deserted. The Hearth Tax of 1666 recorded one house with six hearths, two with one each and one exempt. Described as a 'small village' by Warburton in 1715. The last few houses had disappeared by the end of the 18th century, and a plan of 1777 shows the area as a park.
The position of the village is not known but was likely to have stood in the vicinity of the present hall. (3)
Seemingly earthwork traces of toft and croft, with rectangular buildings, to the west of the extensive ridge and furrow in the lengthy field to the North of the road. Traces visible from the road near the Eachwick bridge. (4)
These earthworks are also shown in aerial photographs of the area. To the right of the small rectangular buildings at least one seemingly roughly square enclosure free of ridge and furrow earthworks. (5)
2012 aerial reconnaissance photography shows settlement earthworks centred at NZ 1190 7147, north of the River Pont, adjacent to Dalton Village Hall. The earthworks comprise a primary east-west hollow way, to the north of which may be faint traces of ridge and furrow. Between the hollow way and the river are further trackways, the outline of a rectangular building and a shallow fishpond bordered by a broad bank and ditch, the latter which may have been the water channel feeder for the pond. One of the hollow ways spans both sides of the River Pont, at NZ 1191 7139, where a ford is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. (6)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, EH Aerial Reconnaissance (North): 2011-12 ; English Heritage
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, EH Aerial Reconnaissance (North): 2011-12 ; English Heritage
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