Felling, Felling Brick Works

HER Number:
3803

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, Felling Brick Works

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickworks

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Felling Brick Works. 1858. The brickworks was owned by Felling Chemical Works (HER 3545) to make bricks for their furnaces. The brickyard included a long drying shed, burning shed, mill house and engine house. From time to time bricks were offered for sale.

Easting:
2791

Northing:
6226

Grid Reference:
NZ27916226

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3803 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; University of Newcastle upon Tyne Department of Extra-Mural Studies, 1961, The Old Tyneside Chemical Trade, chapter IX, page 26; Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 133, site 5