Byker, Windmill

HER Number

4160

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Windmill

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Windmill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Windmill is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

427340

Northing

564960

Grid Reference

NZ427340564960

Sources

<< HER 4160 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97