Shieldfield, windmill

Shieldfield, windmill

HER Number
1693
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Shieldfield, windmill
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
The first evidence for this windmill is on a map dated 1746 but it is probably much older. Eventually it became a mill for the crushing of clay for use by an adjacent brick and tile business (HER ref. 4143). It stood at the corner of what later became Shield Street and Camden Street close to where Lort House stands today.
Easting
425560
Northing
564890
Grid Reference
NZ425560564890
Sources
<< HER 1693 >> A. Morgan, 1995, Bygone Shieldfield