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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition 1865.