Walker, Brick and Tile Works

HER Number:
4220

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Brick and Tile Works

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Brick and Tile Works at this location. This is probably the site of Hunter's Brick and Tile Works, in operation from 1832 to 1921.

Easting:
2981

Northing:
6517

Grid Reference:
NZ29816517

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4220 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9