Green Lane, old village tap
Green Lane, old village tap
HER Number
11370
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Green Lane, old village tap
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Tap
Site Type: Specific
Village Tap
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Used as a drinking water supply in early C20. It often gave so little water that the villagers had to travel to the Letch Well half a mile to the south.
Easting
428110
Northing
570960
Grid Reference
NZ428110570960
Sources
Maurice Milne, 2003, Ye Historie of Killingworth, second edition, Killingworth Local History Society