Byker, Engine House

HER Number

4166

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Engine House

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

This Engine House 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

427620

Northing

564360

Grid Reference

NZ427620564360

Sources

<< HER 4166 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97