Elswick, brickfield

HER Number

4105

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, brickfield

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

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

Easting

423540

Northing

563330

Grid Reference

NZ423540563330

Sources

<< HER 4105 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97