Heaton, Filtering Beds

HER Number

4146

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton, Filtering Beds

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Disposal Site

Site Type: Specific

Filter Bed

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The site of Filtering Beds is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

2606

Northing

6500

Grid Reference

NZ26066500

Sources

<< HER 4146 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97