Cleadon, Clay Pit

HER Number

2413

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Clay Pit

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a Clay Pit at the north end of Lizard Lane.

Easting

439740

Northing

564740

Grid Reference

NZ439740564740

Sources

<< HER 2413 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4