Hebburn, Lead Works

HER Number:
2507

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Lead Works

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Smelting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Lead Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Lead Works is marked as ‘Disused’ on the 2nd editionOrdnance Survey plan and is not shown on the 1st edition, so was in use some time between 1855 and 1895. These works occupied part of the site of earlier Coke Ovens (HER ref. 2225).

Easting:
3026

Northing:
6526

Grid Reference:
NZ30266526

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2507 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SW