Eighton Banks, Forge

Eighton Banks, Forge

HER Number

3878

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Eighton Banks, Forge

Place

Eighton Banks

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Forge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Forge on this site.

Easting

427960

Northing

558260

Grid Reference

NZ427960558260

Sources

<< HER 3878 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7