Ouseburn, Corn Mill

Ouseburn, Corn Mill

HER Number
4680
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Ouseburn, Corn Mill
Place
Ouseburn
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Corn Mill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A corn mill is shown on Hutton's map of 1770. It was built before the surviving river walls, but it is likely that the mill would have had a small river wall to allow the loading of cargo by boat. An area of random stonework survives at the base of the existing river wall on the site of the corn mill. This stonework may have been linked to the mill and so could pre-date the rest of the river wall. The corn mill is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area.
Easting
426350
Northing
564250
Grid Reference
NZ426350564250
Sources
<< HER 4680 >> Ove Arup & Partners, 1998, Lower Steenberg's Yard - Byker, Engineering Study
Hutton 1770 Map of Newcastle
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1856