West Boldon, brickworks

HER Number

2569

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, brickworks

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickworks

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These brickworks next to and possibly associated with Boldon Colliery (HER ref. 2569), are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were probably built after 1855.

Easting

434890

Northing

562270

Grid Reference

NZ434890562270

Sources

<< HER 2569 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7, NE