Elswick, Gravel Pit

HER Number

4117

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, Gravel Pit

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Gravel Pit 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

424160

Northing

563270

Grid Reference

NZ424160563270

Sources

<< HER 4117 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97