Byker, Clay Pit

HER Number:
4155

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Clay Pit

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
This Clay 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:
426620

Northing:
564190

Grid Reference:
NZ426620564190

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4155 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97