Byker, Coke Ovens

HER Number

4191

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Coke Ovens

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific

Coke Oven

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A battery of Coke Ovens appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

428080

Northing

563330

Grid Reference

NZ428080563330

Sources

<< HER 4191 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98