When the Mill was first renevated probably in the late 60’s it was done by Jackie Wood, the husband of Mrs Wood. He helped his son Martin who lived in it when completed.
Wolviston Mill is still there today, well it was this morning when I had the dog out over David Elstobs fields. The Mill belongs to Sean Cuthberts father in law, very nice man with a beard. There are two ways you can get to it -along Station Road, Norton then down over railway crossing and over Billingham Beck up the bank and turn left past Viewly Hill Farm (Walter Kennedys old place) then past Mrs Woods Cottage, or from Billingham track runs from Sandy lane ie:Thames road, then follow the track
I also believed this to be the Wolviston Mill which is just along the lane from Viewly Hill Farm. There is still a public right of way that runs past here with a foot bridge over the stream.
What is the actual location of this Mill? I seem to remember as children walking across the Station Fields at Norton. There was a footbridge over the stream which we called the Wash and passed a Mill on the other side of the footbridge. It is directly below Viewly Hill Farm. Viewly Hill Farm was owned by the Kennedy”s and I believe that these premises were renevated by one of the Kennedy family.
Wolviston mill before the coming of a good road sytem in the early 1800s, rivers streams and “Becks were the transport links, now known as “Billingham Beck”, itwas tidal enough to support barges of both grain and animals as late as the 1880s. As late as 1900 it was possible to row or sail into the Tees. This “Beck” supported 7 watermills, some dating back almost a thousand years. In 1982 , Norton Heritage, “walked” the mills. “BISHOPTON”, near Redmarshall was fed by water diverted to the moat of the 1100 Bishopton Castle, (The 60ft earth Motte and defensive water ditches are still visible. THORPE. The 1700 mill house and pond are to the west of the village A legend tells o “Megs Maddison Pool” a witch who waits for those who foolishly venture into her deep pool. BLAKISTON. The manorial mill again of the Georgian era was to the north east of the present bridge in Blakiston Lane a flat with stray brick iand tile “finds” WYNYARD (Bluestone-Mill) the remains are on private-land and once had both a mill and bridge from Blakiston Lane,through Bottle-Hill farm land to the Wynyard Estate Sandstone block of the bridge are visible as well as brick, tiles and metal wheel securing bolts. As late as 1910 this bridge was in use for both horses and servants of the Hall (Bluestone (French), the type of fine grinding wheel of the mill) WOLVISTON As the population of Teesside grew the need for both corn and milling expanded and the small cottage-mill of the village extended with another “Penthouse Wheel”. During the 1960s the owner attempted to restore this mill but fire thwarted his effort BISHOPSMILL. The oldest mill dating to Saxon times, it”s importance was such that after the Norman Conquest the Bishop of Durham ordered all similar mills to be destroyed fining and imprisoning those who did”nt use his Mill. The 1977 “Dig”, due to its destruction to make way for the A19 traced brick-work and artifacts back almost 400 years. BILLINGHAM A large Georgian brick building it was purchased in a derelict state by I.C.I and became part of the the New Road Tank-Farm site. All these Mills still have traces of the original water supply ditches and ponds. Most of the millers of the last 300 years were and their decendents are, of The Society of Friends (Quakers), with their Churchyard and memorial stones are in “Ralphs-Field” rear of the Friends Meeting House The Green Norton-on-Tees.
Very interesting to find this picture of Wolviston Mill, which belonged to my family until its eventual demise. I remember being taken to see its ruins on walks with my father, who used to spend his childhood weekends there
When the Mill was first renevated probably in the late 60’s it was done by Jackie Wood, the husband of Mrs Wood. He helped his son Martin who lived in it when completed.
Wolviston Mill is still there today, well it was this morning when I had the dog out over David Elstobs fields. The Mill belongs to Sean Cuthberts father in law, very nice man with a beard. There are two ways you can get to it -along Station Road, Norton then down over railway crossing and over Billingham Beck up the bank and turn left past Viewly Hill Farm (Walter Kennedys old place) then past Mrs Woods Cottage, or from Billingham track runs from Sandy lane ie:Thames road, then follow the track
I also believed this to be the Wolviston Mill which is just along the lane from Viewly Hill Farm. There is still a public right of way that runs past here with a foot bridge over the stream.
What is the actual location of this Mill? I seem to remember as children walking across the Station Fields at Norton. There was a footbridge over the stream which we called the Wash and passed a Mill on the other side of the footbridge. It is directly below Viewly Hill Farm. Viewly Hill Farm was owned by the Kennedy”s and I believe that these premises were renevated by one of the Kennedy family.
Wolviston mill before the coming of a good road sytem in the early 1800s, rivers streams and “Becks were the transport links, now known as “Billingham Beck”, itwas tidal enough to support barges of both grain and animals as late as the 1880s. As late as 1900 it was possible to row or sail into the Tees. This “Beck” supported 7 watermills, some dating back almost a thousand years. In 1982 , Norton Heritage, “walked” the mills. “BISHOPTON”, near Redmarshall was fed by water diverted to the moat of the 1100 Bishopton Castle, (The 60ft earth Motte and defensive water ditches are still visible. THORPE. The 1700 mill house and pond are to the west of the village A legend tells o “Megs Maddison Pool” a witch who waits for those who foolishly venture into her deep pool. BLAKISTON. The manorial mill again of the Georgian era was to the north east of the present bridge in Blakiston Lane a flat with stray brick iand tile “finds” WYNYARD (Bluestone-Mill) the remains are on private-land and once had both a mill and bridge from Blakiston Lane,through Bottle-Hill farm land to the Wynyard Estate Sandstone block of the bridge are visible as well as brick, tiles and metal wheel securing bolts. As late as 1910 this bridge was in use for both horses and servants of the Hall (Bluestone (French), the type of fine grinding wheel of the mill) WOLVISTON As the population of Teesside grew the need for both corn and milling expanded and the small cottage-mill of the village extended with another “Penthouse Wheel”. During the 1960s the owner attempted to restore this mill but fire thwarted his effort BISHOPSMILL. The oldest mill dating to Saxon times, it”s importance was such that after the Norman Conquest the Bishop of Durham ordered all similar mills to be destroyed fining and imprisoning those who did”nt use his Mill. The 1977 “Dig”, due to its destruction to make way for the A19 traced brick-work and artifacts back almost 400 years. BILLINGHAM A large Georgian brick building it was purchased in a derelict state by I.C.I and became part of the the New Road Tank-Farm site. All these Mills still have traces of the original water supply ditches and ponds. Most of the millers of the last 300 years were and their decendents are, of The Society of Friends (Quakers), with their Churchyard and memorial stones are in “Ralphs-Field” rear of the Friends Meeting House The Green Norton-on-Tees.
Very interesting to find this picture of Wolviston Mill, which belonged to my family until its eventual demise. I remember being taken to see its ruins on walks with my father, who used to spend his childhood weekends there