Blaydon, Retort Manufactory

HER Number

3433

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, Retort Manufactory

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific

Factory

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the site of a Retort Manufactory.

Easting

417850

Northing

563390

Grid Reference

NZ417850563390

Sources

<< HER 3433 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2