East Boldon, Reservoirs

HER Number

2579

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

East Boldon, Reservoirs

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These two reservoirs appear on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were probably built after 1855.

Easting

437130

Northing

561720

Grid Reference

NZ437130561720

Sources

<< HER 2579 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NW