Bradley mill

Bradley mill

HER Number
526
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bradley mill
Place
Bradley
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Corn Mill
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A watermill is shown at Bradley, on the east bank of the Stanley Burn, on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6 inches plan, but its origins are obscure. In addition to medieval references to the mill of Crawcrook, there is specific mention in 1320 to a mill in Bradley. The arrangement of two mills is perhaps made more likely by the division of Crawcrook between Kepier Hospital and the Horsleys of Bradley in the 14th century.
Easting
412140
Northing
564440
Grid Reference
NZ412140564440
Sources
<< HER 526 >> A.M. Oliver, ed. 1929, Northumberland and Durham Deeds, Newcastle upon Tyne Record Series, VII, no. 42
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p. 49