Walbottle, Engine House

HER Number

3983

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walbottle, Engine House

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Engine House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey plans of the area shown an Engine House on a wagonway (HER ref. 3938). The Engine House is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.

Easting

417740

Northing

567120

Grid Reference

NZ417740567120

Sources

<< HER 3983 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87