Deckham, windmill

HER Number:
11662

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Deckham, windmill

Place:
Deckham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Wind Power Site

Site Type: Specific:
Windmill

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
A probable windmill of post medieval date was mapped from air photography. Lies close to a street named Millway. The top of the mill and the sails had been removed. A rectangular building lay against the north-east corner of the mill tower. Shown but not named on OS maps from 1856 to 1960.

Easting:
2641

Northing:
6150

Grid Reference:
NZ26416150

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409108; Aerial Photograph RAF/3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5159 12-JAN-1946