Willington Quay, Clay Pit

HER Number

2186

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay, Clay Pit

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

A clay pit, marked as ‘Disused’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use before 1895.

Easting

432070

Northing

566580

Grid Reference

NZ432070566580

Sources

<< HER 2186 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW