Fosters Corn Mill
Fosters Corn Mill
HER Number
1639
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Fosters Corn Mill
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Corn Mill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Marked on the First edition Ordnance Survey plan next to a saw mill (HER ref. 3556) and New Inn. This flour mill formerly belonged to Anthony Foster. A "Foster" had a mill there in 1632. Adjoining it once stood a forge belonging to Clark Foster. The mill was still in use in the 1850s but had fallen out of use by 1898.
Easting
416530
Northing
562260
Grid Reference
NZ416530562260
Sources
<< HER 1639 >> 1975, Blaydon Burn, Industrial Archaeology -Historic Environment Record
Blaydon Burn, The Industrial Background
Blaydon Burn, The Industrial Background