Wallsend, Wallsend Iron Works and Coke Ovens

HER Number:
2098

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Wallsend Iron Works and Coke Ovens

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Smelting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Wallsend Iron Works seems to have been served by wagonway a waggonway (HER ref. 1187) from the North Eastern Railway, Tynemouth Branch (HER ref. 1186).

Easting:
3079

Northing:
6608

Grid Reference:
NZ30796608

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2098 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; The Industrial Resources of the District of the Three Northern Rivers, The Tyne, Wear and Tees including the reports on the local manufacturers read before The British Association in 1863 (edited by Sir W.G. Armstrong, I. Lowthian Bell, John Taylor and Dr Richardson, 1864).