Monkwearmouth Gas Works

HER Number

2724

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth Gas Works

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Monkwearmouth Gas Works are not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan so possibly closed down by 1895.

Easting

440370

Northing

557620

Grid Reference

NZ440370557620

Sources

<< HER 2724 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8