North Shields, Mill

HER Number

4553

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Mill

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific

Mill

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The earliest mention of milling at North Shields occurs when a mill was burnt in 1276 by the burgesses of Newcastle.

Easting

436300

Northing

568500

Grid Reference

NZ436300568500

Sources

<< HER 4553 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol. VIII, p 286