Ravensworth, mill

HER Number:
649

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth, mill

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Watermill

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In Hatfield's Survey of the late 14th century, under Kibblesworth, it was recorded that Robert de Lomeley held a watermill, near Ravensworth, and paid an annual rent of 6d. A possible site is Cowclose Mill, north-east of Ravensworth Castle. The Trench (a burn) ran south-east to a mill pond just west of the mill, and then continued east to the Team. The pond, and an unnamed building, are still shown on the modern Ordnance Survey map.

Easting:
2378

Northing:
5936

Grid Reference:
NZ23785936

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 649 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 108