Byker, Clay Pit

HER Number:
4164

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Clay Pit

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Clay Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Clay Pit

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Clay Pit appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2702

Northing:
6433

Grid Reference:
NZ27026433

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4164 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97