Carrycoats

Carrycoats is a historic township in the parish of Thockrington, Northumberland, England. In 1870-72, it was a 1,799-acre (728 ha) township with nine houses and population of 41, according to John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. It was noted to be 6.5 miles (10.5 km) ESE of the village of Bellingham.[1]

It was a single estate, Carrycoats Estate, including Carrycoats Hall and several farms. The entire estate was offered for sale at auction on September 5, 1877.[2] The estate then produced €935 per annum, not including €49 for the leasing of a colliery and not including the value of the residence. It was mainly pasture, with four "compact occupations" (farm complexes).The estate was stated to be nearly 1,800 acres, and four miles from Bellingham.[2]

Carrycoats was part of Bellingham Poor Law Union. (See List of poor law unions in England.)

Carrycoats Hall (55°06′50″N 2°07′13″W / 55.1140°N 2.1203°W / 55.1140; -2.1203 (Carrycoats Hall)) is a Grade II listed building located on the Carry Burn about 2,000 feet (610 m) to the east of the A68 road.[3]

It is believed to be located on the site of Carrycoats Bastle, part of the suppressed monastery of Newminster.[4]

The hall has a two-gable front characteristic of the c.1840s or c.1850s, but its central portion is probably a century older. [4]

"Carrycoats Hall" is also a tune composed by Northumbrian fiddler and composer Robert Whinham, known also as "Remember Me".[5]

It has been the site of fund-raisers, such as a 2015 fund-raiser for the church at Thockrington.[6]

Whiteside Farm[7] (55°07′01″N 2°07′37″W / 55.11701°N 2.12697°W / 55.11701; -2.12697 (Whiteside Farm)) or Whiteside,[2] is a farm, with a building complex, within Carrycoats. (Note there exist other farms in Northumberland named Whiteside, at Whalton and at Haltwhistle.)

Whitehouse Farm[7] (55°07′17″N 2°06′42″W / 55.12148°N 2.1116°W / 55.12148; -2.1116 (Whitehouse Farm)), or Whitehouse,[2] is another "occupation".[2]

Cragback Farm[7] (55°06′57″N 2°06′48″W / 55.115884°N 2.113277°W / 55.115884; -2.113277 (Cragback Farm)), or Cragback Farms,[2] is another "occupation".[2], located further to the east, down the Carry Burn from Carrycoats Hall.[7]

Waterfalls is another "occupation".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carrycoats, in Tynedale and Northumberland / Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Northumberland". The Solicitors Journal. August 11, 1877.
  3. ↑ "Carrycoats Hall". HistoricEngland.
  4. 1 2 "Carrycoats Hall". Gatehouse.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑
  7. 1 2 3 4 Google maps
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