Clockburn mill

HER Number:
625

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Clockburn mill

Place:
Clockburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Watermill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
As early as the year 1318 - at which time Clockburn was named Clockinthenns - there was a water-mill here, described as sitated on New Dene Burn. There is now only one house at Clockburn, which may occupy the site of the miller's dwelling of the 14th century. There was also a water corn mill at the end of the lane on the south side of the Derwent, where the miller's house was still standing in the late 19th century.

Easting:
191

Northing:
600

Grid Reference:
NZ191600

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 625 >> W. Bourn, 1893, Whickham Parish, pp. 56-57