Blaydon, Blaydon Foundry

HER Number:
3436

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Blaydon Foundry

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Foundry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Blaydon Foundry. Owned by Smith Patterson. Made mileposts for Northumberland and the Isle of Mull. There are two types in Northumberland, which still survive. Those on the road from Newcastle to Belsay are shield shaped. Those between Morpeth and Belford are rugby ball shaped. In 1856 GW Hawdon & Sons were based at a Blaydon Foundry (iron and brass founders and millwrights).

Easting:
1831

Northing:
6353

Grid Reference:
NZ18316353

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3436 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; William Whelan, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham