Blaydon, Chemical Works

HER Number:
3449

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Chemical Works

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Chemical Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Chemical Works. This was the Blaydon Manure and Alkali Company works. Horse and cow manure was processed to produce potash, soda and phosphorus. This area, where the river turns north for a short distance, was known as 'Blaydon Spike'. The name is said to date back to 1856 when captured Russian guns were brought here after the Crimean War to be spiked (the vent plugged up). Blaydon Chemical Company (and prepared bone manure) had their office at 13 Half Moon Court, Bigg Market. Theur agent was Anthony Harrison.

Easting:
1879

Northing:
6357

Grid Reference:
NZ18796357

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3449 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; N.G. Rippeth, 1990, Blaydon in old picture postcards; William Whelan, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham