Willington Quay, cement works
Willington Quay, cement works
HER Number
2209
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington Quay, cement works
Place
Willington Quay
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Cement Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Cement Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a cement works at this location. The works were built in the 1880s on the site of the former Addison Potter's Firebrick Works (HER ref. 2105).
Easting
432570
Northing
566160
Grid Reference
NZ432570566160
Sources
<< HER 2209 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW
P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.60
P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.60