There has been a reservoir at Carr Hill for over 150 years. A plan was brought forward in 1875 to replace the earlier reservoir with a much larger version. The Carr Hill Service Reservoir was completed in 1880 to the design of John Bateman. It has since been replaced by a totally enclosed reservoir constructed of reinforced concrete.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
Swan Pond (Whittle Dean Waterworks Company's Reservoir) {1}. There has been a reservoir at Carr Hill for over 150 years. A plan was brought forward in 1875 to replace the earlier reservoir with a much larger version. The Carr Hill Service Reservoir was completed in 1880 to the design of John Bateman. It has since been replaced by a totally enclosed reservoir constructed of reinforced concrete.
Site Name
Carr Hill, Swan Pond
Site Type: Specific
Reservoir
HER Number
3829
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3829 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
DAY2
25
District
Gateshead
Easting
426390
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561030
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sheriff Hill
Description
Sheriff Hill Pottery stood on the corner of Old Durham Road and Pottersway (formerly Pottery Lane) almost facing the Old Cannon Inn. It was established in 1771 by Paul Jackson of Newcastle, with a shop on the Quay. By 1775 he had brought his wares "to great perfection" - including cream coloured, enamelled, fine black, gilded, spotted and brown wares and heavier household utensils. He died in 1787 and was succeeded by his sons William and Collingwood Forster Jackson, joint owners 1787-1790, with a shop in Pilgrim Street. William died in 1798 and C.F. Jackson took over in 1801, selling the business by 1811. A directory of 1847 gives Thomas Patterson as being at Sheriff Hill. He manufactured pink lustreware with simple cottage designs. Thomas Patterson had previously had a pottery at Heworth Shore (SMR 5279). His successor at Sheriff Hill may have been George Patterson. The firm had a second address (exporting depot?) at Three Indian Kings Court, Quayside. The firm made sponged, painted and printed earthenware, brown ware, lustreware plates and dolls tea sets, Willow pattern plates and dinner services. They are mentioned in directories until 1892. There were 50 employees, many of them housed in a row of cottages adjoining the Old Cannon. It closed in 1909. The pottery was demolished in the 1920s to make way for council houses.
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
Sheriff Hill Pottery stood on the corner of Old Durham Road and Pottersway (formerly Pottery Lane) almost facing the Old Cannon Inn. It was established in 1771 by Paul Jackson of Newcastle, with a shop on the Quay. By 1775 he had brought his wares "to great perfection" - including cream coloured, enamelled, fine black, gilded, spotted and brown wares and heavier household utensils. He died in 1787 and was succeeded by his sons William and Collingwood Forster Jackson, joint owners 1787-1790, with a shop in Pilgrim Street. William died in 1798 and C.F. Jackson took over in 1801, selling the business by 1811. A directory of 1847 gives Thomas Patterson as being at Sheriff Hill. He manufactured pink lustreware with simple cottage designs. Thomas Patterson had previously had a pottery at Heworth Shore (SMR 5279). His successor at Sheriff Hill may have been George Patterson. The firm had a second address (exporting depot?) at Three Indian Kings Court, Quayside. The firm made sponged, painted and printed earthenware, brown ware, lustreware plates and dolls tea sets, Willow pattern plates and dinner services. They are mentioned in directories until 1892. There were 50 employees, many of them housed in a row of cottages adjoining the Old Cannon. It closed in 1909. The pottery was demolished in the 1920s to make way for council houses.
Site Name
Sheriff Hill Pottery
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Works
HER Number
3828
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3828 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9
R.C. Bell, 1986, Maling and other Tyneside Pottery
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1981, Maling - A Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell, 1971, Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell & M.A.V. Gill, 1973, The Potteries of Tyneside
F. Buckley, 1929, Potteries on the Tyne and Other Northern Potteries during the C188, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, p68-82
D.K. Gray, 1985, Introduction to Maling
S. Moore & C. Ross, 1989, Maling, The Trademark of Excellence
J.T. Shaw, 1973, The Potteries of Wearside; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 78
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2003
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
426400
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561200
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Deckham
Description
This Quarry is marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
A Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Carr Hill Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3827
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3827 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
426420
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561540
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Deckham
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Carrhill Glass Works.
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
SITEDESC
Carrhill Glass Works.
Site Name
Carrhill Glass Works
Site Type: Specific
Glass Works
HER Number
3826
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3826 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
426540
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561420
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Deckham
Description
This Windmill at Carr Hill is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
A Windmill at Carr Hill, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1857. Stood as a derelict shell until 1964.
Site Name
Deckham, Windmill
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
HER Number
3825
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3825 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 77
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
426560
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561460
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Deckham
Description
This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
A Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Deckham, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3824
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3824 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
426740
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561650
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Deckham
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Carrhill Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Carrhill Quarry.
Site Name
Carrhill Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3823
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3823 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
427150
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561590
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Felling
Description
This Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
SITEDESC
A Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Felling, Old Pit
Site Type: Specific
Mine Shaft
HER Number
3822
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3822 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
427200
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561570
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Felling
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Lime Kiln at this location.
SITEASS
Lime kiln - stone or brick structure for calcining brooken limestone to make powdered quicklime for agricultural, construction and industrial uses. Limestone was broken up and fed into the top of the kiln onto a charcoal fire. After burning, the powdered lime was raked out through an opening at the front of the kiln. By the early C20 bulk production using machinery for crushing the stone and burning it in Hoffman kilns saw the demise of lime kilns (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology, AB Searle, 1935, Limestone and its products, R. Williams, 1990, Lime kilns and limeburning, Shire Publications).
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
SITEDESC
Lime Kiln.
Site Name
Felling, Lime Kiln
Site Type: Specific
Lime Kiln
HER Number
3821
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3821 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
22
District
Gateshead
Easting
428180
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SE 417
Northing
560960
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Felling
Description
'Old Upper Heworth Colliery' is named on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
'Old Upper Heworth Colliery' is named on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Old Upper Heworth Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3820
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3820 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7