Penshaw, Herrington Mill

HER Number:
3124

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Herrington Mill

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mill

Site Type: Specific:
Paper Mill

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Herrington Mill (Corn), with mill race located on the east side of the burn above the point where Philadelphia Lane (A182) crosses the burn today. Designed to serve West Herrington township probably in the medieval period. By 1768 it is shown as a paper mill on Armstrong's county map and as a flint mill on Greenwood's map of 1820. By c.1858 it was a corn mill.

Easting:
3314

Northing:
5260

Grid Reference:
NZ33145260

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3124 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas