Hedworth, Dam

HER Number

2283

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hedworth, Dam

Place

Hedworth

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Dam

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A dam with a pond behind it at Hedworth, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so presumably out of use by 1854.

Easting

433780

Northing

562900

Grid Reference

NZ433780562900

Sources

<< HER 2283 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3