Historically a Grange was an outlying farm-house with barns, etc. belonging to a religious establishment or a feudal lord, where crops and tithes in kind were stored. But it was also a repository for grain; a granary, barn. It is now applied to a country house with farm buildings attached, usually the residence of a gentleman-farmer, which is probably what the Granges in Sunderland refer to. Stan Mapstone On 2 April 2010 19:11, ROB SHEPHERD <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com> wrote: > The term Grange often refers to a monastic farming community, or a farmstead > cultivated for the benefit of a monastery, although in later years is simply > another name for a farm. > > Does anyone know if any of the granges in Sunderland had a monastic history? > > The only granges I can think of are Fulwell Grange, Hendon Grange, Ryhope > Grange, and the Blue House Grange (also in Hendon) but I don't know if any > of these have a monastic history. Of course the latter three all lay in > Bishopwearmouth where to the best of my knowledge there was no monastery, > but could these historically have provided for the church of > Bishopwearmouth? > > I'd be fascinated to hear what others may think, or to hear if there are any > other granges in Sunderland. > > Rob > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >