Birtley, Shop Houses

HER Number

3918

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Shop Houses

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shop Houses is annotated at this location on historic Ordnance Survey map evidence; the name suggests that this might be colliery workers’ housing.

Easting

427960

Northing

554540

Grid Reference

NZ427960554540

Sources

<< HER 3918 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13