Plains Tile Works

HER Number

2932

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Plains Tile Works

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Tile Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Plains Tile Works, with a Clay Mill on this site.

Easting

438200

Northing

554660

Grid Reference

NZ438200554660

Sources

<< HER 2932 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14