Jarrow, Hedworth Barium Works

HER Number:
2548

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Hedworth Barium Works

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Barium Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Hedworth Barium Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was working from after 1855. It occupied part of the site of the earlier Slake Chemical Works (HER ref. 2277).

Easting:
3413

Northing:
6492

Grid Reference:
NZ34136492

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2548 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE