South Street, Old Gas Works
South Street, Old Gas Works
HER Number
15063
District
Newcastle
Site Name
South Street, Old Gas Works
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Gas Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1859. 'Old' suggests that they were out of use. Established by 1818 but was superceded before 1827 by a new works at Manor Place [Mackenzie 1827, 1, 725]. A new bigger gas works is shown west of this site on the OS first edition map of 1859 (HER 4131). Other gasometers were erected close to the Hawthorn Works between 1830 and 1859.
Easting
424750
Northing
563780
Grid Reference
NZ424750563780
Sources
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1859; E Mackenzie, 1827, History of Newcastle