Backworth, Havelock Place

HER Number:
8105

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth, Havelock Place

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Village

Site Type: Specific:
Workers Village

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Havelock Place was also known locally as "C Pit Row". Built to accommodate workers at the Backworth Colliery C Pit. Construction was well under way by the first edition Ordnance Survey of c.1855 and by the 3rd edition of 1920, the settlement formed a triangle with a central open space. Demolished c.1938.

Easting:
2980

Northing:
7303

Grid Reference:
NZ29807303

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey second edition, 1897; Ordnance Survey 6 inch 1866; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 FS 3014 04-OCT-1947; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ2973 06-MAY-2016; Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project