Elsdon : Mills

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(Information supplied by the North East Mills Group)

Site Name : Elsdon Mill

• Grid Reference: NY936937
• First recorded 1699?
• Last recorded 1860

The most recent corn mill in Elsdon still stands though has been converted to a house. The evidence for a mill in the village goes back to 1699 when the corn and fulling mills belonged to Alexander and William Brown.

The mill is marked on the 1731 Inclosure map of Elsdon Common and the Birdhopecraig Presbyterian Register also lists Elsdon Mill in 1744 when the occupant was a Moffat (Waddell 2003, 5-6). The mill appeared to be working on the first edition Ordnance Survey of the area, by the 1920s edition it is shown as 'disused'.

Site Name : Whiskershield Mill

• Grid Reference: NY953927
• First recorded 1640
• Last recorded 1828

Nothing remains of this former corn mill, it is difficult to find any surface evidence of its existence. The mill is marked on on the 1731 Inclosure map of Elsdon Common and on Greenwoods county map (1828).

Site Name : Cants  Mill

• Grid Reference: NY921928
• First recorded 1731
• Last recorded pre 1828

The mill is marked as "Carts Mill (Ruins)" on Greenwood's map of the county (1828). It is, however, marked as "Cants Mill" on the 1731 Inclosure map of Elsdon Common.