Marden watermill

Marden watermill

HER Number
739
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Marden watermill
Place
Marden
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Watermill
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Northumberland County History reports that, "though the water-mill of Marden is not mentioned by name before the suppression of the monastery, it was probably one of the six mills belonging to Tynemouth in 1292, and may be identified with the water-mill existing in 1483, when Richard III gave $100 to Prior Boston as provision for its maintenance. In 1538 Marden mill was in the occupation of Robert Dove and John Dove, and formed part of the prior's demesne". It was rebuilt in 1598- 99, and was let, in 1610, to two Londoners to hold of the Crown. Topographical descriptions suggest that its site was at the mouth of a burn east of Marden Farm and now under Cullercoats.
Easting
436400
Northing
571600
Grid Reference
NZ436400571600
Sources
<< HER 739 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, 106, 261, 263, 280-1 and n., 328