South Street, Old Gas Works

HER Number:
15063

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
South Street, Old Gas Works

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Gas Works

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1859. 'Old' suggests that they were out of use. Established by 1818 but was superceded before 1827 by a new works at Manor Place [Mackenzie 1827, 1, 725]. A new bigger gas works is shown west of this site on the OS first edition map of 1859 (HER 4131). Other gasometers were erected close to the Hawthorn Works between 1830 and 1859.

Easting:
424750

Northing:
563780

Grid Reference:
NZ424750563780

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1859; E Mackenzie, 1827, History of Newcastle