Home History of Seaham - Stories and remarkable and memorable events in the history of Seaham Seaham Hall and the hamlet of Old Seaham King Athelstan's gift of the Manors of Seaham to the Priory of Chester le Street

King Athelstan's gift of the Manors of Seaham to the Priory of Chester le Street

Twelve villages including the Manors of Seaham were gifted to the Priory of Chester le Street by King Athelstan (grandson of King Alfred)

Extract from: The History & Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham by William Hutchinson (1785)