Scotswood, firebrick manufactory

HER Number

4063

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood, firebrick manufactory

Place

Scotswood

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Fire Clay Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Firebrick Manufactory is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

419710

Northing

564050

Grid Reference

NZ419710564050

Sources

<< HER 4063 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97