Gateshead, medieval mill

HER Number:
5639

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, medieval mill

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific:
Mill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Boldon Book of 1183 (a survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) describes Gateshead as having mills, fisheries and bakehouses, with surrounding arable land. Cereals were obviously brought into Gateshead from the surrounding countryside and the town was, like Durham and Darlington, a milling and baking centre for the bishopric. The specific locations of the mills are not known.

Easting:
25

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5639 >> 1183, Boldon Book D. Austin, (ed) 1982, The Boldon Book, Northumberland and Durham, p 11; F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, pp 4 and 7-8