West Boldon, windmill, Civil War skirmish
West Boldon, windmill, Civil War skirmish
HER Number
10889
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
West Boldon, windmill, Civil War skirmish
Place
West Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Battlefield
Site Type: Specific
Battlefield
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
On 25th March the Scots dug in cannon emplacements and at 2pm there was a skirmish at Boldon windmill. Hand-to-hand fighting near Boldon Hills followed (the so-called Battle of Boldon Hills is described under the Battle of Hylton, HER 26).
Easting
435430
Northing
561220
Grid Reference
NZ435430561220
Sources
M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp. 126-128