Howdon, Iron Foundry

HER Number:
2144

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Iron Foundry

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Foundry

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Foundry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An iron foundry appears for the first time on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, on a site previously occupied by Howdon Ropery (HER ref. 2028). The foundry must have been built after 1858.

Easting:
3332

Northing:
6639

Grid Reference:
NZ33326639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2144 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE