Byker, Saw Mills

HER Number

4340

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Saw Mills

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Wood Processing Site

Site Type: Specific

Saw Mill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Three Buildings labelled as Saw Mills are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that they were in operation after 1858.

Easting

426740

Northing

563830

Grid Reference

NZ426740563830

Sources

<< HER 4340 >> 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