Rectory Field, well

HER Number

16204

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rectory Field, well

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Well shown in the south-west corner of Rectory Field (HER16201) on the first edition ordnance survey plan 1855. It is not shown on later editions.

Easting

433840

Northing

549750

Grid Reference

NZ433840549750

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1855