This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Limestone Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Name
North Hylton, Limestone Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Limestone Quarry
HER Number
2666
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2666 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
435870
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559050
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Hylton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Hylton Mill (Corn) at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
Hylton Mill (Corn).
Site Name
Hylton Mill
Site Type: Specific
Corn Mill
HER Number
2665
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2665 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
435660
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559140
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Hylton
Description
This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Limestone Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Name
North Hylton, Limestone Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Limestone Quarry
HER Number
2664
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2664 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
435640
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559250
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Hylton
Description
This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Limestone Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1855.
Site Name
North Hylton, Limestone Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Limestone Quarry
HER Number
2663
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2663 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
435470
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556380
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
This quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st ediion OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Name
South Hylton, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
2662
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2662 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
435320
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556450
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan marks a refuse heap at this location, although it appears that there may actually have been two. The refuse heap(s) may have been associated with the nearby Iron Works (HER ref. 2658).
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
SITEDESC
The OS 1st edition mapping marks a refuse heap at this location, although it appears that there may actually be two. Possibly associated with the nearby Iron Works (SMR 2658).
Site Name
South Hylton, Refuse Heap
Site Type: Specific
Spoil Heap
HER Number
2661
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2661 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
2659
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
435410
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556710
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
Hylton Station is on the North Eastern Railway Penshaw Branch (HER ref. 2659).
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Hylton Station; on the North Eastern Railway Penshaw Branch, (SMR 2659).
Site Name
South Hylton, Hylton Station
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
HER Number
2660
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2660 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
2660
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
440910
EASTING2
3224
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
556850
NORTHING2
5412
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch had a station at Hylton (HER ref. 2660). The line was opened, from Penshaw to Hendon Junction in 1852, by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, which became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1854.
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch. Had a station at Hylton, (SMR 2660). This line was opened, from Penshaw to Hendon Junction in 1852, by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, which became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1854.
Site Name
North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch
Site Type: Specific
Railway
HER Number
2659
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2659 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
N.T. Sinclair, in Milburn & Miller,(eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways,p.26,27
YEAR1
1994
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2659
DAY1
18
DAY2
10
District
Sunderland
Easting
435240
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556520
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
South Hylton Iron Works, with sidings and a link to the North Eastern Railway, Painshaw Branch (HER 2659). The site was originally occupied by a forge which appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1861. Whellan's directory of 1856 lists Walton and Usher as Iron Founders at South Hylton Iron Works. By 1857 Ward's directory lists three proprietors, Walton, Reay and Usher. Mr Usher built himself a fine house at Hylton Bank, a house worthy of a wealthy industrialist. The site was known locally as "Reay and Usher's Forge". In 1931 the site was taken over by T.S. Foster as a forge and ironworks. By 1939 the old buildings had largely been cleared. In the twentieth century the site was taken over by Harry Marsh Engineering Works. The main surviving building is a 1920s brick warehouse. There is an extant section of stone wall (13.3m long and 5.1m high with a stone-lined gully to the north which once fed two reservoirs south of the railway) forming the western boundary of the site. Of more than one phase, with the remnants of some sort of arched flue and corbels which would have supported an internal floor. Built of different coloured sandstone blocks with twentieth century brick additions.A subsequent watching brief revealed the north-west wall as a single course of sandstone blocks. The north-east front is shown on maps as open, entered by railway lines. Indeed no return wall was found at this point.
SITEASS
Site redeveloped for housing in 2005.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
South Hylton Iron Works, with sidings and a link to the North Eastern Railway, Painshaw Branch (HER 2659). The site was originally occupied by a forge which appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1861. Whellan's directory of 1856 lists Walton and Usher as Iron Founders at South Hylton Iron Works. By 1857 Ward's directory lists three proprietors, Walton, Reay and Usher. Mr Usher built himself a fine house at Hylton Bank, a house worthy of a wealthy industrialist. The site was known locally as "Reay and Usher's Forge". In 1931 the site was taken over by T.S. Foster as a forge and ironworks. By 1939 the old buildings had largely been cleared. In the twentieth century the site was taken over by Harry Marsh Engineering Works. The main surviving building is a 1920s brick warehouse. There is an extant section of stone wall (13.3m long and 5.1m high with a stone-lined gully to the north which once fed two reservoirs south of the railway) forming the western boundary of the site. Of more than one phase, with the remnants of some sort of arched flue and corbels which would have supported an internal floor. Built of different coloured sandstone blocks with twentieth century brick additions.A subsequent watching brief revealed the north-west wall as a single course of sandstone blocks. The north-east front is shown on maps as open, entered by railway lines. Indeed no return wall was found at this point.
Site Name
South Hylton, Iron Works
Site Type: Specific
Iron Works
HER Number
2658
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2658 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Scott Wilson, 2005, Harry Marsh Engineering, Sunderland - Built Heritage Recording and Assessment; Archaeology Incorporated, 2005, Archaeological Watching Brief, South Hylton Ironworks, Sunderland
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2006
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
435190
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556540
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Hylton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Saw pit at this location.
SITEASS
The place where tree trunks were sawn into planks by hand. A saw pit comprised a rectangular pit about 6-8 feet deep, over which the trunk could be laid horizontally. Sawing was by a long sawblade with a cross handle at each end, with the pitman standing in the pit below the log and the sawyer standing above. The saw was moved up and down, the top man guiding it and the pitman cutting by pulling on the downstroke. Sawpits were replaced by saw mills (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).
Site Type: Broad
Wood Processing Site
SITEDESC
Saw pit.
Site Name
South Hylton, Saw Pit
Site Type: Specific
Saw Pit
HER Number
2657
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2657 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7