Whitburn/Cleadon medieval windmill
Whitburn/Cleadon medieval windmill
HER Number
962
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn/Cleadon medieval windmill
Place
Cleadon, Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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
In 1307 the rent of the mills of Cleadon and Whitburn, with Boldon, was listed in a roll of Bishop Bec. In 1381 all the bond tenants of the vills of Whitburn and Cleadon held a windmill, and were required to work there. It thus appears that there was only one mill, and there is no clue as to its location. One (or even both) of the two 18th century mills which survive, could mark the site of their medieval predecessor(s).
Easting
440700
Northing
562570
Grid Reference
NZ440700562570
Sources
<< HER 962 >> W. Greenwell, 1852, Boldon Book, Surtees Society, 25, p. xxv
W. Greenwell, 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, pp. 104-05
W. Greenwell, 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, pp. 104-05