St Leonard's Hospital, Mitford (Mitford)
[Name centred NZ 17518612] Spital Hill on Site of St Leonard's Hospital. (1)
Lesser Hospital (Net income under £50) at Mitford. Existed until AD 1500. (2)
A hospital for the poor, aged and sick founded pre-AD1135 at Mitford and dedicated to St Leonard; dissolved c.AD1537. Founded temp. Henry I by William Bertram.
Some time after 1464 the hospital was annexed to Newminster Abbey, (NZ18NE 7).
Hospital of St Leonard. (3)(4)
No further information was discovered regarding the site of this hospital. Sited to name 'Spital Hill'. (5)
Additional source (6a)
General association with HER 11070. (6)
Lesser Hospital (Net income under £50) at Mitford. Existed until AD 1500. (2)
A hospital for the poor, aged and sick founded pre-AD1135 at Mitford and dedicated to St Leonard; dissolved c.AD1537. Founded temp. Henry I by William Bertram.
Some time after 1464 the hospital was annexed to Newminster Abbey, (NZ18NE 7).
Hospital of St Leonard. (3)(4)
No further information was discovered regarding the site of this hospital. Sited to name 'Spital Hill'. (5)
Additional source (6a)
General association with HER 11070. (6)
N11071
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1954; E Geary
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Southern Trunk Main Warkworth to North Gosforth. Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Assessment 2006; Tyne and Wear Museums
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Southern Trunk Main Warkworth to North Gosforth. Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Assessment 2006; Tyne and Wear Museums
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