Byker, Clay Pit

HER Number:
4280

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 is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was opened after 1858.

Easting:
2876

Northing:
6363

Grid Reference:
NZ28766363

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4280 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW; Heart of Walker Regeneration Area, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne