Benwell, Mill Dam

HER Number

16455

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, Mill Dam

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Mill Dam

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Mill Dam shown on Plan of Andrew Bowes Estate, 1811.

Easting

213

Northing

635

Grid Reference

NZ213635

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, Land at Buddle Road, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (NRO - Seymour Bell Collection)