North Shields, Mill

HER Number:
4553

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Mill

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific:
Mill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The earliest mention of milling at North Shields occurs when a mill was burnt in 1276 by the burgesses of Newcastle.

Easting:
363

Northing:
685

Grid Reference:
NZ363685

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4553 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol. VIII, p 286