Walker, brick and tile works
Walker, brick and tile works
HER Number
4220
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walker, brick and tile works
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Brick and Tile Works at this location. This is probably the site of Hunter's Brick and Tile Works, in operation from 1832 to 1921.
Easting
429810
Northing
565170
Grid Reference
NZ429810565170
Sources
<< HER 4220 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98
P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9
P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9