Jarrow Cement Works

HER Number

2539

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow Cement Works

Place

Jarrow

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

Jarrow Cement Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were working from after 1855. They were built on the sites of a Ballast Hill (HER ref. 2265) and Jarrow Quay Corner (including HER ref. 2266).

Easting

433740

Northing

565830

Grid Reference

NZ433740565830

Sources

<< HER 2539 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE