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

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1693 >> A. Morgan, 1995, Bygone Shieldfield