Swalwell, Grounds belonging to Sir Thomas Clavering Bart
Swalwell, Grounds belonging to Sir Thomas Clavering Bart
HER Number
1638
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Swalwell, Grounds belonging to Sir Thomas Clavering Bart
Place
Swalwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Village
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A plan of grounds belonging to Sir Thomas Clavering bart., shows a large group of buildings including a plating forge, blade or grinding mill, farm houses and cottages, a steel furnace, iron forge and charcoal yard all erected prior to 1750. Several barns, stables, a cow byre, anchor shop, cooperage and cartwright's workshop are amongst the buildings erected after 1750.
Easting
420410
Northing
562420
Grid Reference
NZ420410562420
Sources
<< HER 1638 >> 1802, Plan of grounds belonging to Sir Thomas Clavering bart... GPL B/3/209