Elswick, Elswick Mill (Sinton's Mill)

HER Number:
4097

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Elswick Mill (Sinton's Mill)

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Wind Power Site

Site Type: Specific:
Windmill

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Elswick Mill (Corn). This is not shown on the 2nd edition OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1895. A corn mill stood on this site from at least 1638. A windmill is shown at this location on Horsley's plan of 1732. On Isaac Thompson's survey of 1743 the lane running south from Westgate Road on which the windmill is located is called Mill Lane. The mill was damaged in the great storm of 1839 and had been partly demolished by 1889. Known as Sinton's Mill.

Easting:
2310

Northing:
6435

Grid Reference:
NZ23106435

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4097 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Horsley, 1732; I. Thompson, 1743, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4; F. Manders, Newcastle upon Tyne - A Selection of the Earliest Photographs