Marden watermill

HER Number:
739

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Marden watermill

Place:
Marden

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Watermill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15?

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Northumberland County History reports that, "though the water-mill of Marden is not mentioned by name before the suppression of the monastery, it was probably one of the six mills belonging to Tynemouth in 1292, and may be identified with the water-mill existing in 1483, when Richard III gave $100 to Prior Boston as provision for its maintenance. In 1538 Marden mill was in the occupation of Robert Dove and John Dove, and formed part of the prior's demesne". It was rebuilt in 1598- 99, and was let, in 1610, to two Londoners to hold of the Crown. Topographical descriptions suggest that its site was at the mouth of a burn east of Marden Farm and now under Cullercoats.

Easting:
364

Northing:
716

Grid Reference:
NZ364716

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 739 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, 106, 261, 263, 280-1 and n., 328