Newcastle, City Wire Works

HER Number:
7821

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, City Wire Works

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Wire Mill

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
City Wire Works is shown at this location on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898. It does not appear on the 1st edition map, so presumably was established sometime in the second half of the 19th century.

Easting:
2516

Northing:
6425

Grid Reference:
NZ25166425

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898. The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 1997, Lower Pilgrim Street Development: Archaeological Assessment, p.15. Unpublished report for Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Ltd. (T&W HER 1997 Box 15/31)