Gateshead, Foundry

HER Number

4378

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Foundry

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Foundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic map evidence shows a Foundry on the site of a former colour works (HER ref. 3484).

Easting

424980

Northing

563400

Grid Reference

NZ424980563400

Sources

<< HER 4378 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE