Billy Mill reservoirs

HER Number

2157

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Billy Mill reservoirs

Place

Billy Mill

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

Billymill Reservoirs of the North Shields Water Works were built after 1858 as they are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

434060

Northing

569510

Grid Reference

NZ434060569510

Sources

<< HER 2157 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NE