Wallsend Iron Works and Coke Ovens
Wallsend Iron Works and Coke Ovens
HER Number
2098
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend Iron Works and Coke Ovens
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Iron Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Wallsend Iron Works seems to have been served by wagonway a waggonway (HER ref. 1187) from the North Eastern Railway, Tynemouth Branch (HER ref. 1186).
Easting
430790
Northing
566080
Grid Reference
NZ430790566080
Sources
<< HER 2098 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; The Industrial Resources of the District of the Three Northern Rivers, The Tyne, Wear and Tees including the reports on the local manufacturers read before The British Association in 1863 (edited by Sir W.G. Armstrong, I. Lowthian Bell, John Taylor and Dr Richardson, 1864).