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Billy Mill
Billy Mill is an area of North Shields, historically the site of a windmill. The mill 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. In September 1967, the 'Billy Mill roundabout' on the Coast Road was doubled in size, from 60ft diameter to 110ft.[2] The Billy Mill roundabout was replaced with traffic lights at the junction on the 30th of August 2016, as part of a scheme to improve the Coast Road.[3]
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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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Billy Mill celebrates 100 years of the roundabout
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"THE traffic roundabout is 100 years old this year. The first British roundabout was built in Letchworth Garden City in Hertforshire in 1909. Tynemouth …
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Pat Thomson
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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 …
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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 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
