Sunderland, Low Street, gas works

HER Number:
13619

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Low Street, gas works

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Gas Structure

Site Type: Specific:
Gas Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In the early 19th century the Sunderland Improvement Commission authorised the supply of gas lighting for some of the town's streets to replace oil. The gas works were established in 1824 by the Sunderland Gas Light Company, on the east side of Low Street at the bottom of Beggar's Bank. In 1831 the Subscription Gas Corporation took over the gas works.

Easting:
404

Northing:
574

Grid Reference:
NZ404574

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dagmar Richardson, TWM Archaeology, 2011, The Former Hendon Gas Works Site, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment; A Brett, 1990, Sunderland People and Places; G. Cookson, 2010, Sunderland Building a City