Willington Quay, Clay Pits

HER Number

2188

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay, Clay Pits

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Two clay pits, neither of which are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. One is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, however, so it is likely that both were opened after 1858.

Easting

431370

Northing

566460

Grid Reference

NZ431370566460

Sources

<< HER 2188 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW