Vitriol Works
Vitriol Works
HER Number
3485
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Vitriol Works
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Chemical Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Vitriol Works at this location
Easting
425070
Northing
563490
Grid Reference
NZ425070563490
Sources
<< HER 3485 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019 Brett Wharf Gateshead, archaeological evaluation;