Limekiln Shore
Limekiln Shore
HER Number
2135
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Limekiln Shore
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Lime Kiln
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Placename Evidence
Description
Limekiln Shore is the possible site of riverside limekilns (see also HER ref. 2130). The site was previously that of the floating dock (HER ref. 2071), which was presumably out of use and filled in some time after 1858.
Easting
435540
Northing
567550
Grid Reference
NZ435540567550
Sources
<< HER 2135 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth