Wallsend, Smithy

HER Number

2208

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Smithy

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Smithy does not appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1858.

Easting

432130

Northing

566340

Grid Reference

NZ432130566340

Sources

<< HER 2208 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW