Delaval Firebrick Works
Delaval Firebrick Works
HER Number
8498
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Delaval Firebrick Works
Place
Scotswood
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Fire Clay Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A riverside firebrick works, situated west of the E & M Yard. In 1900 some five million firebricks were made here.
Dates: 1873 – 1906
19th/20th Century Brickworks
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 68 site 27, 83
Dates: 1873 – 1906
19th/20th Century Brickworks
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 68 site 27, 83
Easting
421100
Northing
563500
Grid Reference
NZ421100563500
Sources
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, p 68, site 27 and p 83