Great Eppleton, Brick Ponds

HER Number

2981

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Great Eppleton, Brick Ponds

Place

Great Eppleton

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Pond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These Brick Ponds are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

437240

Northing

548850

Grid Reference

NZ437240548850

Sources

<< HER 2981 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21