Hebburn, Coke Ovens

HER Number:
2225

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Coke Ovens

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coke Oven

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1856 shows what may have been 4 batteries of coke ovens. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows a Lead Works on this site (HER ref. 2507), so the ovens must have been out of use by 1895.

Easting:
3028

Northing:
6527

Grid Reference:
NZ30286527

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2225 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham , 3