Monkton, Smithy

HER Number

2553

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkton, Smithy

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Smithy in Monkton, which is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was working from after 1855.

Easting

431990

Northing

563660

Grid Reference

NZ431990563660

Sources

<< HER 2553 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE