Monkwearmouth, Medieval Saw Mill

HER Number

4477

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, Medieval Saw Mill

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Wood Processing Site

Site Type: Specific

Saw Mill

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1490, in the Inventories and Account Rolls of the Benedictine Houses or Cells of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, mention is made of repairs to a saw mill. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting

440000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ440000557000

Sources

<< HER 4477 >> J. Raine, (ed) 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of the Benedictine Houses or cells of Surtees Society, Vol. XXIX