Lawson Main Brick Works
Lawson Main Brick Works
HER Number
4277
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Lawson Main Brick Works
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Lawson Main Brick Works appears at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858. 25 men employed in 1908.
Easting
427880
Northing
565220
Grid Reference
NZ427880565220
Sources
<< HER 4277 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW
P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage
P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage