Byker, brickfield

HER Number

4195

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, brickfield

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Brickfield appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

428700

Northing

563520

Grid Reference

NZ428700563520

Sources

<< HER 4195 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; Heart of Walker Regeneration Area, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne