Preston, Reservoir

HER Number

2005

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Preston, Reservoir

Place

Preston

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a reservoir on the western edge of Preston.

Easting

434920

Northing

569620

Grid Reference

NZ434920569620

Sources

<< HER 2005 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89