Brunton Mill

HER Number

3999

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brunton Mill

Place

West Brunton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Watermill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Brunton Mill (Corn), which was fed by a long millrace. Mill labelled on Fryer's 1820 plan of Northumberland in this vicinity (perhaps slightly further east).

Easting

2101

Northing

6982

Grid Reference

NZ21016982

Sources

<< HER 3999 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88; Fryer's Map of Northumberland, 1820