North Biddick, firebrick works

HER Number

3045

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Biddick, firebrick works

Place

North Biddick

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Fire Clay Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Firebrick Works, with an associated clay shaft at this location.

Easting

431660

Northing

554160

Grid Reference

NZ431660554160

Sources

<< HER 3045 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13