Jarrow Forge Engineering Works

HER Number

2535

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow Forge Engineering Works

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Engineering Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Jarrow Forge Engineering Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were working from after 1855. This was built over the west end of Ballast Hill (HER ref. 2265).

Easting

433160

Northing

565730

Grid Reference

NZ433160565730

Sources

<< HER 2535 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE