Whickham, Mill Race

HER Number:
3642

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Mill Race

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mill Race

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was a Mill Race from the Derwent to High Forge (HER ref. 3640), which also connected the Derwent Gut (HER ref. 3641) with the river, though its precise relationship with the Forge and the Gut is unclear.

Easting:
1968

Northing:
6192

Grid Reference:
NZ19686192

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3642 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6