Union Street, Union Mill

HER Number

16581

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Union Street, Union Mill

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Windmill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Union Mill. Owned by the same family as Stepney Mill (HER 5451). Shown on Roper's map of 1827, Oliver's maps of 1830 and 1844 and the Ordnance Survey First Edition of 1859. Labelled as 'windmill ruins'. Site now covered by Stoddart Street.

Easting

425850

Northing

564670

Grid Reference

NZ425850564670

Sources

Pers Comm, 2014, Mike Greatbatch; Ordnance Survey first edition, 1859