Byker, Clay Pit

HER Number

4164

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Clay Pit

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Clay Pit appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

427020

Northing

564330

Grid Reference

NZ427020564330

Sources

<< HER 4164 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97