Elswick, Elswick Road, West Farm

HER Number:
6337

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Elswick Road, West Farm

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map as West Farm. Shown on second edition as Wansbeck Home Female Penilentiary. Some of the buildings still survive next to St John's Cemetery.

Easting:
2241

Northing:
6388

Grid Reference:
NZ22416388

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey map