Byker, Clay Pit

HER Number

4280

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Clay Pit

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

This Clay Pit is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was opened after 1858.

Easting

428760

Northing

563630

Grid Reference

NZ428760563630

Sources

<< HER 4280 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW; Heart of Walker Regeneration Area, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne