Ouseburn, Stepney Bank, windmill

HER Number:
5451

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Ouseburn, Stepney Bank, windmill

Place:
Ouseburn

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Wind Power Site

Site Type: Specific:
Windmill

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
At the western end of Stepney Pottery (HER 5281) on Stepney Bank stood a five-sailed windmill. The operator was listed in a 1858 directory as a sand miller. The mill was possibly designed by the famous engineer Smeaton. The site was cleared for the building of Byker Bridge.

Easting:
2597

Northing:
6455

Grid Reference:
NZ25976455

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5451 >> I. Ayris, Ouseburn Heritage, p 22; The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2008, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment