The Green, Gas Lamp

HER Number

4632

District

Gateshead

Site Name

The Green, Gas Lamp

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific

Gas Lamp

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A series of four fluted cast iron 19th century gas lamp posts stand on the North side of the Green in the vicinity of Ryton church (HER ref. 628).

Easting

415100

Northing

564700

Grid Reference

NZ415100564700

Sources

<< HER 4632 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 34