Harehope leper hospital (Eglingham)
Hospital under Burton Lazars. (1)
'Dedication - St Lazarus(?); founded pre 1230, dissolved pre 1350(?). Leper Hospital. Possibly came to an end at the Black Death'. (2)
A hospital was built and organised at Harehope before 1230; some late 13th century window jambs and sills and a late 14th century or early 15th century door-way at Eglingham Hall (Northum 28 NW ) are supposed to have come from Harehope.
It is believed that the burial ground of the hospital lay to the SE of the cistern that is situated between the 500' and 600' contour on the east side of Harehope Hill and 1/4 mile north-west of the farmhouse. List of Masters 1189-1331 (incomplete). (3)
NU09392045 The traditional site of the Hospital was indicated on the ground by Mr Stafford.
It is a rough rectangular hollow 16m x 9m x 0.5m deep, with a few stones visible in the surrounding bank. The remains are too fragmentary and spoiled to be surveyable. No evidence of adjacent buildings, etc, could be found. (4)
Earthworks of the hospital site seem to surround the farm, on all sides. The site was in use for quite some time, from at least the 12th to late 14th century. By analogy with other sites, the remains should be more extensive and include farming away from the main site with the probability of support services such as builders, plumbers, bakers, smithy etc lying outside the main hospital enclosure. Such ancillary areas were often separated from the hospital by areas of ridge and furrow. (5)
Additional Reference (6)
General association with NRHE UID 321285 ( St Mary And St Lazarus Hospital, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire) (6)
'Dedication - St Lazarus(?); founded pre 1230, dissolved pre 1350(?). Leper Hospital. Possibly came to an end at the Black Death'. (2)
A hospital was built and organised at Harehope before 1230; some late 13th century window jambs and sills and a late 14th century or early 15th century door-way at Eglingham Hall (Northum 28 NW ) are supposed to have come from Harehope.
It is believed that the burial ground of the hospital lay to the SE of the cistern that is situated between the 500' and 600' contour on the east side of Harehope Hill and 1/4 mile north-west of the farmhouse. List of Masters 1189-1331 (incomplete). (3)
NU09392045 The traditional site of the Hospital was indicated on the ground by Mr Stafford.
It is a rough rectangular hollow 16m x 9m x 0.5m deep, with a few stones visible in the surrounding bank. The remains are too fragmentary and spoiled to be surveyable. No evidence of adjacent buildings, etc, could be found. (4)
Earthworks of the hospital site seem to surround the farm, on all sides. The site was in use for quite some time, from at least the 12th to late 14th century. By analogy with other sites, the remains should be more extensive and include farming away from the main site with the probability of support services such as builders, plumbers, bakers, smithy etc lying outside the main hospital enclosure. Such ancillary areas were often separated from the hospital by areas of ridge and furrow. (5)
Additional Reference (6)
General association with NRHE UID 321285 ( St Mary And St Lazarus Hospital, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire) (6)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; J H Ostridge
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