Usworth, Coke Ovens

HER Number

3052

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Coke Ovens

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific

Coke Oven

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Coke Ovens at this location. The number is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but three batteries of ovens are shown.

Easting

431670

Northing

555520

Grid Reference

NZ431670555520

Sources

<< HER 3052 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13