New Deptford Iron Works

New Deptford Iron Works

HER Number
3516
District
Gateshead
Site Name
New Deptford Iron Works
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Iron Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Deptford Iron Works. Built by 1819 by Hawks, Crawshay & Sons. Named after the company's warehouse at Deptford. Shown on Oliver's plan of 1830 and Reid's plan of 1882.
Easting
426490
Northing
563880
Grid Reference
NZ426490563880
Sources
<< HER 3516 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3
T.Oliver, 1831, A Perambulatory Survey, in A picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 137-138
F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 66-67