This postcard print of Redcar from the west comes from a postcard produced by T. Walton of Redcar, possibly dating from the 19th century. St Peter’s Church can be seen on the right of the print. The tower and nave were by Ignatius Bonomi dating from 1828, chancel added in 1888. The windmill although appearing to be sited towards the present day coast road to Marske; is believed to be Redcar Windmill. Fred Brunskill explains: ”Although St Peters was opened on August 27th 1829 by the Archbishop of York it still remained under the Mother church of Marske until the Redcar Parish was formed in 1867. The Redcar Windmill was situated at 127 Lord Street (formerly Back Lane) and part of the original sand stone can still be seen. The Redcar mill ( Miller Robert Coulson ) had six wind vanes whereas the Coatham windmill only had four.” Following a query from Walter Ferrand (whose maternal family are the Coulson family and a direct decendant of Robert Coulson): ” My maternal family are the Coulson family and my direct descendent Robert Coulson great great great great grandfather lived at Mill House Coatham and was the miller at Coatham. I am trying to understand from the comments above how he was also at Redcar Mill and would appreciate any information any one has to help me with their history in the area.”
Ruth Coulson explains: ”It appears that there were two Coulson brothers, Stephen and Robert. Stephen had the Redcar Mill and Robert the Coatham Mill. My husband is decended from Stephen. I have only recently found out about the facts of the mills.”
Image courtesy of Kim Whaley; thanks to Fred Brunskill, Walter Ferrand and Ruth Coulson for the updates.
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