Eppleton, windmill

HER Number

17125

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Eppleton, windmill

Place

Eppleton

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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

The approximate location of the Eppleton windmill has been identified through field names recorded on the tithe plan. The mill is probably of medieval date.

Easting

436700

Northing

548600

Grid Reference

NZ436700548600

Sources

Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p187; Tithe Map Eppleton, 1839, DDR/EA/TTH/1/189