Gateshead, Alexander Road, windmill mound

HER Number:
16112

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Alexander Road, windmill mound

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Wind Power Site

Site Type: Specific:
Windmill Mound

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Mostly located beneath the highway near the junction of Alexander Road and Peterborough Road. The name of the mill is unknown. A windmill appears on this location on plans from the mid 18th century. In 1839 it was occupied by William Gibbon who also ran Gibbons Mill (HER3495). It had gone by 1841.

Easting:
2527

Northing:
6264

Grid Reference:
NZ25276264

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2010, Proposed Gateshed Football Stadium, Archaeological Assessment