Trans Architect Archaeol Soc Durham Northumberland n ser 5

101 sites were investigated and recorded; two possible long barrows and 27 cairns had not previously been noted in this area neglected since Greenwell and Trechmann.

The fabric appears to contain four phases: (1) ?16th century single-celled 1-storey house with gable-end hearth; (2) before 1627, addition of cross-passage and extra room; (3) mid-17th century, first floor added and new extension, with some refenestration later on; (4) mid 19th century, outshot added. The 17th century tenant came from Middlesex.

Five examples of upper cruck trusses have been identified, three in farmhouses and two in farm buildings; provisional dating 17th or early 18th centuries.

NZ 342409. Documents and fabric of West Farm are used to suggest a 17th century date for its construction and development, especially in the context of other farms in the township which date to 1634-84 approximately. The upper cruck trusses of West Farm are illustrated, and the 16th century land use and the 17th century farmsteads are mapped.