Iris Brickworks clay pit

HER Number

17179

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Iris Brickworks clay pit

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Clay pit associated with Standard Brick Company (1903) and later Iris Brick Works (HER 17178). Bricks used in the development of Heaton between 1903-1916 (Simonside Terrace, Wharton Terrace, Trewitt Road, Tosson Terrace, Cartington Terrace and south side of Biddlestone Road).

Easting

427690

Northing

566050

Grid Reference

NZ427690566050

Sources

Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage; Third Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1916