Wallsend, Pump

HER Number

5196

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Pump

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Water Tank

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Rectangular structure built of stone, located alongside Wallsend Burn just outside the former village. Has a flight of steps at the western end and a small metal plate on the top, next to the steps. Probably the base of a metal water tank. Shown as a tank on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Unnamed on the second edition, and marked as a pump on the third edition of 1913.

Easting

430410

Northing

567120

Grid Reference

NZ430410567120

Sources

<< HER 5196 >> Pers. Comm. K. Hutchinson, 2002, North Tyneside Council