Low Eighton, Reservoirs

HER Number

3869

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Low Eighton, Reservoirs

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

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 Three Reservoirs at this location.

Easting

426420

Northing

557780

Grid Reference

NZ426420557780

Sources

<< HER 3869 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7