Byker, Shields Road, Long Row

HER Number:
10001

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Shields Road, Long Row

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Terrace

Site Type: Specific:
Back to Back House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Most of these properties were built in 1785 for the miners of Bigges Main Colliery but must have also housed men from Heaton Main Colliery.

Easting:
2731

Northing:
6507

Grid Reference:
NZ27316507

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage