Byker Hill House

HER Number:
7719

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker Hill House

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Byker Hill House is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1855, occupying a position some 50 metres south of Hadrian’s Wall, and c.100 metres south of Byker windmill (HER ref. 4160). It survived the addition of the East End Slaughter House immediately to the north, and is still shown on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey Plan of 1916, but by this time may have been subsumed within the slaughter house complex.

Easting:
427430

Northing:
564870

Grid Reference:
NZ427430564870

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1859. 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1898 3rd edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1916