Elswick Burn

HER Number

11103

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick Burn

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Watercourse

Site Type: Specific

Stream

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Natural Feature

Description

Rises between Elswick Road and Westmorland Road, less than 1/2 mile west of Gloucester Street. Most of it is culverted apart from a tiny section south of Wolsingham Street.

Easting

422970

Northing

563750

Grid Reference

NZ422970563750

Sources

Map of courses of old burns and streams in Newcastle, undated but post 1928 as Tyne Bridge is shown, School of Architecture Library