Walker, Lawson Main Brick Works

HER Number:
4277

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Lawson Main Brick 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:
Lawson Main Brick Works appears at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858. 25 men employed in 1908.

Easting:
2788

Northing:
6522

Grid Reference:
NZ27886522

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4277 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage