Newburn, High Mill

HER Number:
4940

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, High Mill

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Watermill

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There was formerly a water mill on the burn, about a quarter of a mile north from the village, which was called the High Mill. It was swept away by a flood about the time that the Tyne Bridge fell in 1771.

Easting:
169

Northing:
655

Grid Reference:
NZ169655

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4940 >> J. Armstrong, History of Newburn; NG Rippeth, 1993, Newburn in old picture postcards