Ryton, Coal Depot

HER Number

3318

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, Coal Depot

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Depot

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Coal Depot on the Townley Main Wagonway (HER ref. 3317).

Easting

415000

Northing

563940

Grid Reference

NZ415000563940

Sources

<< HER 3318 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1