Pitch Manufactory

HER Number

3521

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Pitch Manufactory

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Chemical Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Pitch Manufactory at this location.

Easting

426460

Northing

563620

Grid Reference

NZ426460563620

Sources

<< HER 3521 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3