ABSTRACT
In 1951, eighteen of the forty-one farms over fifty acres in Gosforth were freehold, twenty were farmed by tenants, and three were farmed by ‘hinds’ (i.e. estate managers) on behalf of owners living in the parish. Seven of the farms are part of an estate, the owner of which lives locally, four are part of an estate owned by an absentee landlord, and a further five belong to three estates which extend into Gosforth from adjoining parishes.
