Willington, Willington Quay, Clay Pits

HER Number:
2188

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington, Willington Quay, Clay Pits

Place:
Willington Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Clay Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Clay Pit

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Two clay pits, neither of which are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. One is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, however, so it is likely that both were opened after 1858.

Easting:
3137

Northing:
6646

Grid Reference:
NZ31376646

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2188 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW