Ryton, brickfield

HER Number

3298

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, brickfield

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This wagonway is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856. It was possibly part of the line of the Crawcrook Wagonway (HER ref. 3313).

Easting

413620

Northing

562810

Grid Reference

NZ413620562810

Sources

<< HER 3298 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1