Blaydon Burn, Greenwell Mill pond and race

HER Number

1643

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon Burn, Greenwell Mill pond and race

Place

Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Mill Pond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Associated with Greenwell Mill, the pond was formed by damming the Blaydon Burn. First shown on plan dated 1802 (NRO 309/N/Box 3 Bundle 35), and infilled between 1858 (OS1) and 1898 (OS2). There are no visible remains.

Easting

416810

Northing

562360

Grid Reference

NZ416810562360

Sources

<< HER 1643 >> 1975, Blaydon Burn, Industrial Archaeology -Historic Environment