Mill Dam, Windmill
Mill Dam, Windmill
HER Number
7833
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Mill Dam, Windmill
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Richardson’s plan of 1768 shows a windmill south of the salt pans on the south side of Mill Dam. This seems to have disappeared by the early 19th century.
Easting
436110
Northing
566740
Grid Reference
NZ436110566740
Sources
A plan of the Townships of Westoe and Harton belonging to the Honourable and Reverend The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of Durham, by Richard Richardson, 1768.
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)