Blaydon Burn, Burn Bank Road

HER Number:
8414

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Burn Bank Road

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Described in the Tithe Award of 1838 as a public carriage road of highway extending from the junction with the road to Barlow and running "over commons, moors and tracts of waste lands called the Burn banks to the bridge crossing Blaydon Burn at or near Forster's Firebrick Manufactory". The bridge across the Burn was built c.1834, with contributions from the adjoining townships (NRO ZCO IX/4).

Easting:
1666

Northing:
6224

Grid Reference:
NZ16666224

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures