Roker Lane, brickfield

HER Number

2710

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker Lane, brickfield

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a brickworks at this location, with associated clay pits.

Easting

440400

Northing

558740

Grid Reference

NZ440400558740

Sources

<< HER 2710 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8