Falstone : Mills

(Information provided by the North East Mills Group)

Site Name : Ridge End Mill

• Grid Reference:  NY730859
• First recorded 1762
• Last recorded 1860?

This mill was probably a typical example of a small rural corn mill but little remains other than a gable wall, some scattered ruins and signs of the former race. A mention is made in the 1762 militia lists when Andrew Gray is shown as 'Miller at Smalesmouth'. Little else of its history is known.

Site Name : Lowries Mill

• Grid Reference:  NY743861
• First recorded
• Last recorded 1820

The mill is shown as "Lowries Mill" on Fryer's county map of 1820 and the name is still shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey but by this time no use is apparent.

Site Name : Otterstone Lee Farm

• Grid Reference:  NY673875
• First recorded
• Last recorded 1860?

The 1860s Ordnance Survey map shows two small burns with races leading together behind farm buildings indicating a probable farm mill.

Site Name : Belling Mill

• Grid Reference:  NY693886
• First recorded 1663
• Last recorded

No map evidence appears to exist of this mill. The mill was reported on following an archaeological excavation in 1973 (Harbottle 1974, 9-10).

Site Name : Shilburnhaugh Mill

• Grid Reference:  NY695868
• First recorded mid C17th
• Last recorded late C18th

This mill site is now beneath the waters of Kielder Reservoir. The site is not shown on Ordnance Survey maps since the 1860s but excavations were carried out in 1976 prior to the land being flooded (Harbottle 1977, 13).