Byker, St. Peter's Glass Houses

HER Number:
16827

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, St. Peter's Glass Houses

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Glass Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
St. Peter's Glass Houses shown on the Byker Tithe Plan (1845) owned and occupied by William Richardson and Co. Not seperately labelled on the OS plans. Demolished between 1858-1898 along with adjacent Byker Bottle Works (HER 4173).

Easting:
2710

Northing:
6354

Grid Reference:
NZ27106354

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Anglo-Swedish Engineering Ltd. Glasshouse Street, Byker - Archaeological Assessment; Byker Tithe Plan, 1845, NRO DT81M