Vulcan Iron Works

HER Number

2816

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Vulcan Iron Works

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Iron Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Vulcan Iron Works on this site.

Easting

438470

Northing

557740

Grid Reference

NZ438470557740

Sources

<< HER 2816 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2019 Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor Phase 3, Archaeological Evaluation