Hylton, smithy

HER Number

16801

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton, smithy

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Smithy identified on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1856. Recorded up to 1939 and still shown until 1968 but not labelled. Demolished by 1974.

Easting

433980

Northing

558910

Grid Reference

NZ433980558910

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates, 2014, Site south of Newcastle Road (A184) and West of A19 - Archaeological Assessment; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1856