Walker, Walker Copperas Works

HER Number:
4221

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Walker Copperas Works

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Dye and Pigment Site

Site Type: Specific:
Copperas Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Walker Copperas Works appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2985

Northing:
6523

Grid Reference:
NZ29856523

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4221 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 I. Ayris, River Wear Heritage Trail