Clockburn mill
Clockburn mill
HER Number
625
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Clockburn mill
Place
Clockburn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Watermill
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
As early as the year 1318 - at which time Clockburn was named Clockinthenns - there was a water-mill here, described as sitated on New Dene Burn. There is now only one house at Clockburn, which may occupy the site of the miller's dwelling of the 14th century. There was also a water corn mill at the end of the lane on the south side of the Derwent, where the miller's house was still standing in the late 19th century.
Easting
419100
Northing
560000
Grid Reference
NZ419100560000
Sources
<< HER 625 >> W. Bourn, 1893, Whickham Parish, pp. 56-57