Coxlodge, Gasometer

HER Number

4014

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Coxlodge, Gasometer

Place

Coxlodge

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Holder

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Gasometer possibly associated with the nearby Regent Pit (HER ref. 4013) is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but is not shown on the 2nd edition map, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

424100

Northing

568540

Grid Reference

NZ424100568540

Sources

<< HER 4014 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88