Heworth watermill

The earliest reference to a mill, not specifically described, at Heworth is 1279. By 1373 there were two mills here, a watermill and a windmill. In the bursar's account of 1373-4 the watermill is described as waste and therefore producing no rent, though in the same account the bursar paid the tenant for its repair. In 1373 7 people leased both mills for a term of 9 years. The prior and convent still had two mills at Heworth in 1464 and in 1539 there was a watermill at Over Heworth. The location of the mills is uncertain.