Wallsend, Pump

HER Number:
5196

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Pump

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Supply Site

Site Type: Specific:
Pump

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Rectangular structure built of stone, located alongside Wallsend Burn just outside the former village. Has a flight of steps at the western end and a small metal plate on the top, next to the steps. Probably the base of a metal water tank. Shown as a tank on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Unnamed on the second edition, and marked as a pump on the third edition of 1913.

Easting:
3041

Northing:
6712

Grid Reference:
NZ30416712

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5196 >> Pers. Comm. K. Hutchinson, 2002, North Tyneside Council