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

Easting:
421100

Northing:
563500

Grid Reference:
NZ421100563500

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, p 68, site 27 and p 83