Hebburn, Clay Pit

HER Number

2498

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Clay Pit

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

This Clay Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1895. The pit is also not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855.

Easting

430460

Northing

564180

Grid Reference

NZ430460564180

Sources

<< HER 2498 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SW