I discovered probate records identifying a possessory interest in a property known as the Letch Farm in Ryton in the late 18th century. If you have any information about the location of said farm, or if you have any research suggestions for locating the farm, I would very much appreciate the help.
An item in the Newcstle Chronicle in 1773 identifies a number of improvable freehold lots to be sold to the highest bidder at the home of Mrs William Parker in
Newcastle. The list includes the Letch Farm in the several tenures of John Nixon and Richard Siddoway with cottages and buildings on the Common at Bradon Staith.
The Letch Farm is also identified in the will of John Siddoway in 1807. John was a blacksmith, but in his will he left monies to Christopher and Barbara Gray, whose father was a farmer. So, perhaps the Gray family farmed the land.
