Backworth, reservoirs

HER Number

2169

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Backworth, reservoirs

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37NW

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 the location of two reservoirs at Backworth.

Easting

430610

Northing

571810

Grid Reference

NZ430610571810

Sources

<< HER 2169 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW