Gateshead, Vitriol Works

HER Number:
3485

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Vitriol Works

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Vitriol Works at this location

Easting:
2507

Northing:
6349

Grid Reference:
NZ25076349

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3485 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019 Brett Wharf Gateshead, archaeological evaluation;