Backworth, Gas Works

HER Number

2168

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Backworth, Gas Works

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Gas Works, adjacent to Backworth Colliery, were built after 1858 as not they are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area.

Easting

430430

Northing

571920

Grid Reference

NZ430430571920

Sources

<< HER 2168 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW; Archaeological Service Durham University, 2011, Backworth Business Park, Backworth, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment