Howdon, Iron Foundry

HER Number

2144

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, Iron Foundry

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Iron Foundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An iron foundry appears for the first time on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, on a site previously occupied by Howdon Ropery (HER ref. 2028). The foundry must have been built after 1858.

Easting

433320

Northing

566390

Grid Reference

NZ433320566390

Sources

<< HER 2144 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE