Backworth, Gas Works

HER Number:
2168

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth, Gas Works

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
The Gas Works, adjacent to Backworth Colliery, were built after 1858 as not they are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area.

Easting:
3043

Northing:
7192

Grid Reference:
NZ30437192

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2168 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW; Archaeological Service Durham University, 2011, Backworth Business Park, Backworth, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment