Kenton, windmill
Kenton, windmill
HER Number
1346
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Kenton, windmill
Place
Kenton
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
There is reference to a windmill at Kenton in 1293, when Christine, daughter of Iseult of Kenton, was struck by the arm of the mill. She died 15 days later.
Easting
421876
Northing
567589
Grid Reference
NZ421876567589
Sources
<< HER 1346 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Kenton Township, Northumberland County History XIII, 358