Winlaton Mill
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
File:View down Mill Lane, Winlaton Mill - geograph.org.uk - 3801327.jpg
File:Heritage Centre and café shrub, Winlaton Mill - geograph.org.uk - 6232227.jpg
Winlaton Mill is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is not to be confused with Winlaton to the northwest which now comprises the southern part of Blaydon. The village is halfway between Gateshead to the northeast and Rowlands Gill to the southwest.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Winlaton+Mill,+Blaydon-on-Tyne/@54.9429006,-1.7181792,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x487e7804dd26e4d1:0xe12a08cbe4197e84!8m2!3d54.9434!4d-1.7130882|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|accessdate=9 August 2017}} Statistically Winlaton Mill is part of the ward of Winlaton and High Spen which contains part of Blaydon, High Spen and other outlying villages.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/winlaton-and-high-spen-e05001088#sthash.A64xqXeq.dpbs|title=Winlaton and High Spen - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data|accessdate=9 August 2017}} The village is on the A694 which joins the A1 at Swalwell and contains the Red Kite Pub and Restaurant.{{cite web|url=http://www.theredkitewinlatonmill.co.uk/|title=Red Kite Winlaton Mill - Pub & Restaurant|website=Theredkitewinlatonmill.co.uk|accessdate=9 August 2017}} Winlaton Mill is near the River Derwent which may suggest its name.
History
There was previously a hamlet called Huntley's Haugh or Eels Haugh with only a handful of dwellings. Winlaton Manor, owned by the Neville family, had a mill. Its miller around the turn of the 18th century was George Evans, giving the area the name Evans Banks.
The exact date Ambrose Crowley established Winlaton Mill down the road from Winlaton is unclear, but in records from the start of the 18th century, he mentions a "The Mill" or "Mill No 1". The site grew up and was in operation until the late 19th century.{{Cite web|url=https://www.winlatonlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/winlaton/winlaton-mill/winlaton-mill/|title=Winlaton Mill|website=Winlaton & District Local History|accessdate=4 November 2024}}
A bridge was built in 1842. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1870.
Affected by coal waste from Clockburn Drift and Derwenthaugh Coke Works,{{Cite web|url=http://www.landofoakandironlocalhistoryportal.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=691100|title=Winlaton Mill|website=Land of Oak & Iron: Local History Portal|accessdate=4 November 2024}} the village's original housing stock was ruled unfit for human habitation in the 1933 and demolished, followed by the derelict Winlaton Mill works in 1936. Part of the site was re-wilded and became part of Derwenthaugh Park, while a new village was built across the road.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{coord|54.943|-1.714|type:city_region:GB|display=title}}
{{authority control}}