Offerton, Refuse Heaps

HER Number

3086

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Offerton, Refuse Heaps

Place

Offerton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Waste Disposal Site

Site Type: Specific

Refuse Heap

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Refuse Heaps are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan is unclear, but the graphic depiction of them defines the field within which they lay, rather than providing a precise location.

Easting

434750

Northing

555930

Grid Reference

NZ434750555930

Sources

<< HER 3086 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13