Houghton Tile Sheds

HER Number

3163

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton Tile Sheds

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Tile Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Houghton Tile Sheds with an old Clay Pit at this location.

Easting

433350

Northing

550400

Grid Reference

NZ433350550400

Sources

<< HER 3163 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13