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Brier Dene

In the civil parish of Whitley Bay.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of North Tyneside, 1974 county of Tyne and Wear).

Site of a fortified manor house at Briar Dene. Gilbert de Middleton, a member of the notorious Mitford Gang, built a fortified manor house at Briar Dene in 1315 or 1316. Shortly after 1613 a new farmhouse was built and the manor house abandoned. An C18 colliery plan shows an unidentified house a few yards from the farm which may have been the manor house. This is on the north bank of the Briardene Burn where a field road connecting Monkseaton to Hartley crosses it.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ336739

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Good for general location

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PastScape number; 1387767

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