Elswick, Clay Pit

HER Number

4119

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, Clay Pit

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Clay Pit is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but its precise location is unclear.

Easting

423790

Northing

563080

Grid Reference

NZ423790563080

Sources

<< HER 4119 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97