Bishopwearmouth, Gas Works

HER Number:
2829

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Gas Works

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Gas Structure

Site Type: Specific:
Gas Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Meik and Morgan's plan of Sunderland 1851. Not labelled as gas works by 1897 Second Edition plan.

Easting:
3915

Northing:
5693

Grid Reference:
NZ39155693

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2829 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Site adjacent to the former Hind Street Gas Works, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; Meik & Morgan, 1851, Plan of Sunderland (SL)