Whickham, medieval mill

Whickham, medieval mill

HER Number
680
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Whickham, medieval mill
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Corn Mill
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In Boldon Buke (c.1183 survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset), under the heading of Whickham, there is mention of a mill which "used (to render) 3 marcs". In Hatfield's Survey (c.1382) no mill is listed under Whickham, but there was definitely one in Swalwell, also listed under Whickham. The Swalwell mill is also mentioned in the Parliamentary Survey of 1647, and it is possible that references of 1567 and 1576, quoted by the antiquarian Bourn, also refer to Swalwell.
Easting
421000
Northing
561100
Grid Reference
NZ421000561100
Sources
<< HER 680 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1852, Boldon Buke, Surtees Society, 25, p. 67
W. Bourn, 1893, Whickham Parish, p. 49; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, Windmill at Chase Park, Whickham - Archaeological Assessment