Gateshead, Coke Ovens

HER Number

3526

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Coke Ovens

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 the position of a battery of Coke Ovens beside the wagonway (HER ref. 3522).

Easting

426480

Northing

563430

Grid Reference

NZ426480563430

Sources

<< HER 3526 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3