Tyne and Wear HER(4003): East Brunton, Gosforth Tileworks - Details
4003
Newcastle
East Brunton, Gosforth Tileworks
East Brunton
NZ27SW
Industrial
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Tile Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Gosforth Tileworks is marked as ‘Disused’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895. The British Geological Survey marks two small old clay pits in weathered boulder clay in the immediate vicinity of the tileworks.
2372
7193
NZ23727193
<< HER 4003 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88