North Gosforth, Smithy

HER Number

4245

District

Newcastle

Site Name

North Gosforth, Smithy

Place

North Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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 appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

424190

Northing

569590

Grid Reference

NZ424190569590

Sources

<< HER 4245 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE