South Shields, Cold Well

HER Number:
2592

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Cold Well

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A possible site associated with glassmaking is marked on a map of South Shields and Westoe of 1768 as "Cold Well used to make Glass", but no other information is given, so the site could be a sand quarry, for example rather than a glassworks. Two wells and a pump are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area, which is now known as Cauldwell.

Easting:
3710

Northing:
6552

Grid Reference:
NZ37106552

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2592 >> County Conservation Team, 1989, Simonside, South Shields, Copy of Richardson, 1768, Plan of.South Shields. p.5