Town Moor, Reservoirs
Town Moor, Reservoirs
HER Number
4086
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Town Moor, Reservoirs
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Reservoir
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
These four Reservoirs on the Town Moor formed part of the 18th and 19th century water supply system for Newcastle. By the 1870s they had become disused and later formed part of the boating lake in Exhibition Park.
Easting
424620
Northing
565760
Grid Reference
NZ424620565760
Sources
<< HER 4086 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.68
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.68