Jarrow, ordnance works

HER Number

2540

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, ordnance works

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Armament Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ordnance Factory

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Ordnance Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were working from after 1855.

Easting

432060

Northing

565400

Grid Reference

NZ432060565400

Sources

<< HER 2540 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE