Ravensworth, mill

Ravensworth, mill

HER Number
649
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ravensworth, mill
Place
Ravensworth
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
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
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
423780
Northing
559360
Grid Reference
NZ423780559360
Sources
<< HER 649 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 108