Houghton-le-Spring, Sedgeletch Mill

HER Number:
3139

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Sedgeletch Mill

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mill

Site Type: Specific:
Corn Mill

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Sedgeletch Mill (Corn), the site of a water-driven corn mill adjacent to Moors Burn. Theorigins of the mill are obscure, but buildings at this location are recorded on the Newbottle tithe award map of 1838.The mill was fed by a mill race running some 400 metres from the south. It had been infilled by 1896 and the mill and associated buildings appear to have been replaced with terraced housing. No visible trace of the mill race survives within the area which has recently been re-developed.

Easting:
3258

Northing:
5060

Grid Reference:
NZ32585060

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3139 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13 Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study