Tyne and Wear HER(4319): Newcastle, Claremont Road, Chimney Mill

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    "This was the site of a windmill before 1649, with the last mill being built here in 1782. This last mill was the first five-sailed windmill in the country, a smock mill designed by Smeaton, and may have been the last working windmill in Newcastle. It fell out of use in 1872. Prior to this the mill had been..."
  • Owner

    SiteLines
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/4319
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 years ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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