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14-598: First documented in the Boldon Book as Ivestan. The village is also listed in Bishop Hatfield’s survey (1381) as Ivestane. Little is known about the prehistory of the Iveston area. In fact no certain remains from this period have been found at all. It was once thought that 'Castle Hill' might be the sight of an Iron Age hillfort. However, the remains at this site are simply those of an early-19th-century quarry. The hill itself

28-400: A series of forts and connecting them with a network of roads. It is thought that the course of Dere Street ran through this area connecting the forts such as Binchester with Hadrian's Wall. A number of Roman coins have also been discovered- at least one was of mid-3rd century date. It is likely that there was other Roman activity in the area which remains to be discovered. Little is known about

42-497: Is a spoil tip from the quarry. The only object to have been found here is a 17th-century shoe buckle. More likely to be of prehistoric date is the enclosure shown by cropmarks, which was excavated in 1963. Although no dating evidence was found, this is not surprising as many prehistoric sites produce very few finds. The Romans arrived in County Durham in the 1st century and swiftly defended their newly captured territory by building

56-548: The Boldon Buke ) contains the results of a survey of the bishopric of Durham that was completed on the orders of Hugh du Puiset , Bishop of Durham , in 1183, designed to assist the administration of the vast diocesan estates. The survey was similar to that of the Domesday Book in the previous century, covering the bishop's lands in what was to become County Durham and other parts of the north east of England that, following

70-622: The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 , when it became the Hundred of Norham in Northumberland, to which it had already been united for Parliamentary purposes by the Reform Act 1832 . The district originally was the single parish of Norham, which had various townships - the townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. The parishes of Norhamshire were: Elwick was also a (detached) township of

84-786: The Norman Conquest , were liable to tax by the Prince-Bishop of Durham and not taxed directly by the King of England . It is the first survey undertaken north of the River Tees , where the king's authority was never more than nominal. Like the Domesday Book it is a custumal account listing the labour, money and produce owed by standing custom to the Bishop. The areas of North Durham ( Norhamshire ) and Bedlingtonshire are included, but not those areas in

98-481: The A691 at the south end of Iveston across a narrow gully and connecting with the north end of Delves Lane . Iveston was formerly a township in the parish of Lanchester, from 1866 Iveston was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Consett and Stanley . [REDACTED] Media related to Iveston at Wikimedia Commons Boldon Book The Boldon Book (also known as

112-503: The area between the Roman period and the medieval period, although the name Iveston is of Old English origin suggesting that there was a village here during the Anglo-Saxon period. In fact little is known about the village until the 14th century when it is recorded that a chapel dedicated to St Margaret was built by the monks of the abbey of St Mary at Blanchland. However, after the dissolution it

126-956: The existence of large estates often comprising several villages which sometimes share a single demesne ". The Boldon Book survives in four manuscript copies, of which the oldest is the 13th-century copy that was among the Temple family manuscripts at Stowe House that are now in the British Library . The Boldon Book is discussed by G. T. Lapsley, "Introduction to and Text of the Boldon Book," Victoria County History: Durham vol. 1 (London, 1905) pp. 259–341, with an English translation, pp. 327–51. The Latin text and an English translation are provided in D. Austin, ed., Boldon Book: Northumberland and Durham in Phillimore's edition of Domesday Book, vol. 35 (Chichester, 1982) Norhamshire Norhamshire

140-504: The massive expansion of coal mining in the area. Iveston Colliery itself was sunk in 1839 and closed in 1892. The colliery was served by the Iveston Railway. The Roman road of Dere Street , locally following the route of the A691 from Consett and Leadgate onward to Lanchester and Durham , passes through the south of the village. However, most of the village lies on an unclassified road called Iveston Lane heading north through

154-449: The possession of other great northern landowners. The Bishop's manor at Boldon was listed early in the survey, and later entries recorded customal dues "as at Boldon", hence the name. Dues were assessed at the individual level as well as by community. The book attests to the overwhelmingly pastoral economy of the North, and provides a contrast to the better-documented southeast, "in particular

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168-495: The village from a junction with the A691 at The New Pavilion Chinese restaurant, formerly the Iveston Inn public house. Iveston Lane passes through the village green, before descending steeply down a bank locally well known with cyclists and joggers / runners with a gradient of 15% to the north of the village. This lane then terminates at a junction with Lund's Lane and Stoneyheap Lane. A further unclassified road heads north from

182-514: Was an exclave of County Durham in England . It was first mentioned in 995, when it formed part of the lands of the priory at Lindisfarne . When the lands north of the River Tees were partitioned into Northumberland and County Durham it, along with Bedlingtonshire and Islandshire , stayed under the jurisdiction of Durham despite being north of the River Tyne . This situation persisted until

196-408: Was used for agricultural purposes and finally demolished to use the stone for a farmhouse. All that can be seen today are the remains of a roughly rectangular earth platform. Coal mining probably became important in the area as early as the 15th century; coal mines are recorded in 1440. Further mines are recorded between 1611 and 1703, but like the rest of Durham it was really the 19th century that saw

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