High Moorsley, windmill

HER Number:
17124

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
High Moorsley, windmill

Place:
Moorsley

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farm

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The approximate location of the Low Moorsley windmill has been identified through field names recorded on the tithe plan and Dean and Chapter Estate Plan. It seems at Moorsley a cart track led from either end of High Moorsley to the hilltop where the windmill was situated. Moorsley's mill is mentioned in Priory records of 1340 but does not feature after the mid 14th century. It may have gone out of use by this time due to the demise in population.

Easting:
339

Northing:
455

Grid Reference:
NZ339455

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p187; Tithe Map Moorsley, 1839, DDR/EA/TTH/1/167 and Dean and Chapter Estate Plan, 1843 DCD/E/AF/4/1-2