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1382


Newcastle


Byker, mill(s)


Byker


NZ26SE


Industrial


Wind Power Site


Windmill?


Medieval


C13


Documentary Evidence


In the late 13th century there are two references to a mill in Byker, the first being part of a suit for the recovery of property, the second (perhaps a different mill) belonging to St. Bartholomew's Nunnery. In the first half of the 14th century Robert of Byker sold a mill in Byker to Nicholas Ellerker. There is no certainty as to the type of mill, or its situation, but it is worth noting that a windmill is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey plan on the high ground at the junction of Shields Road and Fossway.


273


649


NZ273649



<< HER 1382 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Shieldfield, Northumberland County History, XIII, 267, 272 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1858, 6 inch scale, XCVII

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