Gateshead, medieval mill
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
Medieval 1066 to 1540
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
425000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ425000563000
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
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