Hebburn, Reservoirs

HER Number

2521

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Reservoirs

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This group of three reservoirs, marked as ‘Disused’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, is not shown on the 1st edition, so dates to between 1855 and 1895.

Easting

430940

Northing

565420

Grid Reference

NZ430940565420

Sources

<< HER 2521 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE