Kenton, windmill

HER Number:
1346

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton, windmill

Place:
Kenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Wind Power Site

Site Type: Specific:
Windmill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There is reference to a windmill at Kenton in 1293, when Christine, daughter of Iseult of Kenton, was struck by the arm of the mill. She died 15 days later.

Easting:
21876

Northing:
67589

Grid Reference:
NZ2187667589

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1346 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Kenton Township, Northumberland County History XIII, 358