Town Moor, Reservoir

HER Number

4087

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, Reservoir

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

This Reservoir 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

424750

Northing

565430

Grid Reference

NZ424750565430

Sources

<< HER 4087 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97