[Marginal] A deed in 1349 mentions property which seems to justify the supposition that there was a village in the neighbourhood of Plessey Hall. (1)

(Centred NZ 22987902) In the south-west corner of the pasture field to the east of Plessey Hall is a large rectangular enclosure and another smaller enclosure, probably the steading of a building. The banks forming these enclosures have a maximum height of 0.3m. Ridge and furrow ploughing covers the remainder of the field.
These earthworks may have extended into the field to the south, but open-cast mining has obliterated any traces that may have existed. They probably represent remains of a deserted medieval village. (2)

Condition unchanged, the earthworks form no coherent pattern. (3)

The manor was held in the 13th century by the Plessey family, in association with the vill of Shotton. It was not listed in the 1296 Lay Subsidy. This suggests it comprised only a manorial farm. Yet, there is evidence that a village settlement existed there. Ten tofts and ten crofts were granted to Thomas Paule of Newcastle in 1325; and a Charter of 1326 described the same holding as cottages, inhabited by labourers on the demesne.
Plessey Hall now comprises one farm (NZ 27 NW 5) and two cottages. There are some earthworks to the south-east of the farm - much depleted. (4)