Byker, Manure Works

HER Number

4339

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Manure Works

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Fertilizer Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

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

Easting

426660

Northing

563920

Grid Reference

NZ426660563920

Sources

<< HER 4339 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NE; Watson, R. 2018. Giants on the Quayside, Spiller's Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne, archaeological evaluation and monitoring, Archaeological Services Durham University, HER4856