Barmston mill(s)

HER Number:
368

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Barmston mill(s)

Place:
Barmston

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Watermill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
During the Middle Ages Barmston was held by the Hylton family, and their property there included a mill, sometimes two. In 1323 there is reference to the mill of Bermeston, and in 1448 there were two water mills, "worth nothing because totally waste". There is no further information, and their location is unknown though there were, within the township, several burns running south into the Wear.

Easting:
33764

Northing:
56709

Grid Reference:
NZ3376456709

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 368 >> Prior's Kitchen Durham, Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, 1323, Misc. Cart, 6224, Reg. I ff. 40r-41r R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 49