Hebburn, reservoir

HER Number

17214

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, reservoir

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Reservoir and ponds shown on 1917 Ordnance Survey plan. Possibly former brick clay pits for the Jarrow Brick Works to the north. Covered in the 1960s probably with demolition debris from the slum clearance operations in Jarrow. The site of it was covered with additions to the factory by 1970.

Easting

432120

Northing

564580

Grid Reference

NZ432120564580

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Bedewell Industrial Estate, Hebburn, South Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment;