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Billy Mill
Billy Mill is an area of North Shields, historically the site of a windmill and later a well known roundabout. The windmill was documented in 1320 in a grant by Henry Faukes to Tynemouth Priory in which it was called Billing's Mill. The mill was rebuilt in 1597-99 with timber from the Tyne valley and mill-stones from Barnard Castle. The mill was rebuilt in stone in 1760, but was in ruins by the early 20th century.[1] The ruins of the windmill were later demolished. Later, Billy Mill became synonymous with the roundabout built here, on the Coast Road. In September 1967, the 'Billy Mill roundabout' was doubled in size, from 60ft diameter to 110ft.[2] But on the 30th of August 2016, the Billy Mill roundabout was replaced with traffic lights at the junction, as part of a scheme to improve the Coast Road.[3] In North Shields, there is a Billy Mill Avenue and Billy Mill Lane. The name is also celebrated by Billymill Stores (Lyncroft Road), a Billy Mill beer (Three Kings Brewery) and even a Billy Mil Roundabout T-Shirt (What's the Craic).
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Tyne and Wear HER(740): Billy Mill
- "The earliest reference to the mill is a grant by Henry Faukes to Tynemouth Priory in 1320 when it was called Billing's Mill. With the other possessions of the priory …
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Pat Thomson
from https://www.newsguardian.co.u…
Billy Mill celebrates 100 years of the roundabout
- Note: source no longer available online.
"THE traffic roundabout is 100 years old this year. The first British roundabout was built in Letchworth Garden City in Hertforshire in 1909. Tynemouth …
Added by
Pat Thomson
Co-Curate Page
A1058 Coast Road
- Overview History Map Street View The A1058 route runs 12.1k (7.5 miles) from Newcastle city centre to Tynemouth. The original 4½ mile stretch of the Coast Road was opened in …
from https://www.chroniclelive.co.…
Billy Mill roundabout to be removed this weekend in next phase of Coast Road works
- Chronicle Live: 26 AUG 2016. "From Saturday the North Tyneside junction will operate under temporary signals as the next phase in the £7.2m improvement scheme begins...."
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Simon Cotterill
from https://whatsthycraic.com/
Billy Mill T-Shirt
- "Getting off at the Billy Mill Roundabout" T-Shirt (rude dounle meaning?!)
Added by
Peter Smith
from http://twsitelines.info/SMR/7…
Tyne and Wear HER(740): Billy Mill
- "The earliest reference to the mill is a grant by Henry Faukes to Tynemouth Priory in 1320 when it was called Billing's Mill. With the other possessions of the priory …
Added by
Pat Thomson
from https://www.newsguardian.co.u…
Billy Mill celebrates 100 years of the roundabout
- Note: source no longer available online.
"THE traffic roundabout is 100 years old this year. The first British roundabout was built in Letchworth Garden City in Hertforshire in 1909. Tynemouth …
Added by
Pat Thomson
Co-Curate Page
A1058 Coast Road
- Overview History Map Street View The A1058 route runs 12.1k (7.5 miles) from Newcastle city centre to Tynemouth. The original 4½ mile stretch of the Coast Road was opened in …
from https://www.chroniclelive.co.…
Billy Mill roundabout to be removed this weekend in next phase of Coast Road works
- Chronicle Live: 26 AUG 2016. "From Saturday the North Tyneside junction will operate under temporary signals as the next phase in the £7.2m improvement scheme begins...."
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://whatsthycraic.com/
Billy Mill T-Shirt
- "Getting off at the Billy Mill Roundabout" T-Shirt (rude dounle meaning?!)
Added by
Peter Smith
