New Woolwich Iron Works
New Woolwich Iron Works
HER Number
4400
District
Gateshead
Site Name
New Woolwich Iron Works
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Iron Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Iron Works described by Oliver in 1831 as conducted by Messrs. Wm. Hawkes, Senr. And Co., Hawkes had other works at New Greenwich (HER 5585) and New Deptford (3516). According to Manders this site was constructed by 1819. Named after the company's warehouse at Woolich. Shown on Oliver's plan of 1830 and Reid's plan of 1882.
Easting
425940
Northing
563940
Grid Reference
NZ425940563940
Sources
<< HER 4400 >> T.Oliver, 1831, A Perambulatory Survey, in A picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 137-138
F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 66-67
F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 66-67