Felling Brick Works

HER Number

3803

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling Brick Works

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickworks

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Felling Brick Works. 1858. The brickworks was owned by Felling Chemical Works (HER 3545) to make bricks for their furnaces. The brickyard included a long drying shed, burning shed, mill house and engine house. From time to time bricks were offered for sale.

Easting

427910

Northing

562260

Grid Reference

NZ427910562260

Sources

<< HER 3803 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; University of Newcastle upon Tyne Department of Extra-Mural Studies, 1961, The Old Tyneside Chemical Trade, chapter IX, page 26; Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 133, site 5