Barley Mow Bridge, brickyard

HER Number

2937

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Barley Mow Bridge, brickyard

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an old capstain and a clay pit within the site of a Brick Yard which is marked as ‘Old’, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

440080

Northing

555760

Grid Reference

NZ440080555760

Sources

<< HER 2937 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14