Birtley, Institute

HER Number:
7748

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Institute

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Institute

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An ‘Institute’ building of L-shaped plan is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898, but not on the 1st edition surveyed c.1855. Its position appears to be at the east end of Harras Bank, west of the entrance to Birtley Hall drive. It had been replaced by housing by the time the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map was published in 1919.

Easting:
2738

Northing:
5541

Grid Reference:
NZ27385541

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, c.1898.