Reservoir

HER Number

2386

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Reservoir

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Reservoir, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

436630

Northing

566570

Grid Reference

NZ436630566570

Sources

<< HER 2386 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4