"Building-stone, 13 x 10 in, seen before 1732 with 1309 (SMR 1399)". coh(ortis) III / c(enturia) Senti / Prisci From the third cohort the century of Sentius Priscus (built this) RIB 1309-1312 are placed on the Wall by RPW because Horsley saw them at Cousin's House, west of the fort, and there is no reason to think they were found at the fort itself. Dated C2.

In 1272 the widow and heirs of Adam of Jesmond recovered from his two illegitimate sons the water mills at Heaton and Jesmond. It must be assumed that the Heaton mill was using the Ouse Burn for a water supply, and that it would be situated on the east bank, the burn being the boundary between Heaton (east) and Jesmond (west). It is likely that Jesmond mill would have been powered by water drawn from the Ouse Burn, and since this burn was the boundary between Jesmond (west) and Heaton (east) this mill would have been on the west bank. A more precise location cannot be given at the present time. Dated C13th.

A water corn mill, belonging to the Ridley's existed here by 1739. It was known as Mabel's/Maboll's Mill. It is shown as "Heaton corn mill" on the first ed. OS, and is now called Jesmond Old Mill. Marked "Old" on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map so out of use by 1895. The mill was worked by several generations of the Freeman family as a flour mill. It was subsequently used by a Mr Pigg to grind pig meal, then by a Mr Charlton for grinding flint for the Ouseburn pottery industry. Lord Armstrong bought the mill in 1860 from Dr Headlam and from then until the 1920s it was used only as a dwelling. Painting by J. Bewick 1864. The mill is illustrated on Plate II in British Watermills by Leslie Syson and in the painting by T.M. Richardson in "Windmills and Watermills in Watercolour" by Charles Skilton - the Old Water Colour Society volume 1965. The last waterwheel was removed in 1978 for rebuilding and replacement. The tail race ran directly into the head race of Deep Dene Mill. The existing ruins date to the early C19, possibly incorporating part of an earlier mill. Coursed squared sandstone, no roof. 2 storeys, 2 bays with one-storey wall in front formerly enclosing mill race and wheel. Stone lintel to square shaft hole; renewed wood lintels to square opening above. Left return has round stone-arched doorway. Fragments of machinery inside. New waterwheel fitted in 1994.

Welford records a visit by James I to "Heaton Hall" in 1617, but though this suggests the existence of a manor house it could conceivably have been the medieval one (SMR 116). It seems certain, however, that in 1713, soon after the Ridleys had bought the Heaton estate, Richard Ridley built Heaton Hall, a plain square brick house. His grandson, Sir Matthew White Ridley (d. 1813), employed William Newton to give it corner towers and to reface the front in stone, and the family remained there until c. 1840. It was demolished between 1930 (7) and 1942 (8). The hall was sited in the south-east corner of the park, in the vicinity of Shaftesbury Park. The illustrations show a 3-storey 5-bay crenellated front between the 2 towers, with a stable block etc. at the rear.

"Building-stone found before 1732 presumably west of Wallsend and seen by Horsley at Cousin's House. Now lost. Reproduced from Horsley". coh(ortis) II / c(enturia) Vari / Celeri(s) From the second cohort the century of Varius Celer (built this) RIB 1309-1312 are placed on the Wall by RPW because Horsley saw them at Cousin's House, west of the fort, and there is no reason to think they were found at the fort itself. Dated C2.

"Building-stone, 13 x 9 in, found before 1732 presumably west of Wallsend, and seen by Horsley at Cousin's House (later called Carville Hall) just west of Wallsend fort (sector 0 - turret 0a)". c(o)ho(rtis) I / c(enturia) Flori "From the first cohort the century of Florus (built this)" RIB 1309-1312 are placed on the Wall by RPW because Horsley saw them at Cousin's House, west of the fort, and there is no reason to think they were found at the fort itself. Dated C2.

Brand quotes in extenso from the Warderobe Account of 28 Edward I to provide evidence for "a chapel anciently at Heaton, which in the year 1299 was honoured with the presence of King Edward I to hear a boy bishop perform the vespers of St. Nicholas therein, on the 7th day of December that year...". "...capella sua apud Heton juxta Novum Castrum super Tynam...". There is no record of a building and no known site, though it has been suggested that it was probably near Adam of Jesmond's house. Dated C13th.

"Fragment of an inscription, seen in 1783 by Brand built into the end of a stable at Bees-Houses, now Stott's House Farm, Walker, between turrets 0a and 0b. Now lost. Reprinted from Brand". IMP ... CO

In 1828, while "trenching some ground for planting", Russell Blackbird, owner of Villa Reale, discovered a cist which measured 4 ft x 2 ft x 20 ins deep. It contained "the bones of a man, the head in particular, quite perfect, with all the teeth in it", and a Food Vessel. Miket inferred, reasonably enough, that this had originally been "a contracted adult inhumation". The vessel is bowl-shaped, and elaborately decorated - groups of encircling grooves, some rouletted, separating bands of stamped or incised herringbone, pseudo maggots, lozenges, chevrons and triangles. It was presented to the Society of Antiquaries by the finder. The site was redeveloped in the 1980s for sheltered housing, but part of the garden remains as informal woodland.

The OS is the only source yet found for this feature: it is not noted by Brand, and is not included in the published lists of holy wells. The well is not marked on the 1st ed. map, but is shown on the 2nd, some distance north of the camera of Adam of Jesmond. It is included in the archaeological record cards, with no supporting references, and is described thus: "A supposedly medicinal spring, formerly piped into a modern trough, but now dry. Associated with 'King John's Palace' to the south". There is a photo dated 1888 in the City Library. This shows a recess in a rockery, and water falling from an entry in the back wall into a trough. Above, and attached by chains to the trough, is a stone lintel inscribed "YE WELL OF KING JOHN".