Tyne and Wear HER(649): Ravensworth, mill - Details
649
Gateshead
Ravensworth, mill
Ravensworth
NZ25NW
Industrial
Water Power Production Site
Watermill
Medieval
C14
Documentary Evidence
In Hatfield's Survey of the late 14th century, under Kibblesworth, it was recorded that Robert de Lomeley held a watermill, near Ravensworth, and paid an annual rent of 6d. A possible site is Cowclose Mill, north-east of Ravensworth Castle. The Trench (a burn) ran south-east to a mill pond just west of the mill, and then continued east to the Team. The pond, and an unnamed building, are still shown on the modern Ordnance Survey map.
2378
5936
NZ23785936
<< HER 649 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 108