North Hylton, Tar Distillery

HER Number

3067

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Hylton, Tar Distillery

Place

North Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Tar Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Tar Distillery, with a Reservoir and two Tar Vats at this location.

Easting

434590

Northing

556140

Grid Reference

NZ434590556140

Sources

<< HER 3067 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Mounsey, K.and Thompson, S. 2018. Site 8, Nab End, Sunderland's Forgotten Stones Project, North Hylton, Sunderland: Archaeological Community Excavation report, Wardell Armstrong, HER4840