South Shields, Smithy

HER Number

2465

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Smithy

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This smithy is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855.

Easting

436540

Northing

566770

Grid Reference

NZ436540566770

Sources

<< HER 2465 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW