Blaydon Burn, Fosters Corn Mill

HER Number:
1639

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Fosters Corn Mill

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mill

Site Type: Specific:
Corn Mill

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Marked on the First edition Ordnance Survey plan next to a saw mill (HER ref. 3556) and New Inn. This flour mill formerly belonged to Anthony Foster. A "Foster" had a mill there in 1632. Adjoining it once stood a forge belonging to Clark Foster. The mill was still in use in the 1850s but had fallen out of use by 1898.

Easting:
1653

Northing:
6226

Grid Reference:
NZ16536226

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1639 >> 1975, Blaydon Burn, Industrial Archaeology -Historic Environment Record Blaydon Burn, The Industrial Background