Shelewood mill

HER Number

1383

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Shelewood mill

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Windmill

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1354 it was found that Robert of Byker (died 1349) had been seised of 42 acres in Shieldfield, ... a windmill in Shelewood of no value because of the prevailing poverty...". Shieldfield, roughly between the Swirle (west) and Ouse Burn (east) was transferred to Newcastle in 1549. There is no information the location of the mill.

Easting

425638

Northing

564196

Grid Reference

NZ425638564196

Sources

<< HER 1383 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Shieldfield, Northumberland County History, XIII, 272