Winlaton, Old Well
Winlaton, Old Well
HER Number
7970
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Winlaton, Old Well
Place
Winlaton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A well is shown at this location on an early nineteenth century plan from the Gibson manuscripts. The first edition Ordnance Survey names it as The Old Well. By the second edition there is a pump in its place.
Easting
1776
Northing
6242
Grid Reference
NZ17766242
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition 1865.