Birtley, Engine

HER Number

3906

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Engine

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Machinery

Site Type: Specific

Engine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of an Engine, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

427960

Northing

556570

Grid Reference

NZ427960556570

Sources

<< HER 3906 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7