Jarrow, Gateshead Road Brickworks

HER Number:
8503

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Gateshead Road Brickworks

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickworks

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1890, 55 people were employed. There were eight Newcastle kilns and an average 120,000 bricks were produced per week. Drying sheds varied in size from 40 to 50 yards long and 15 yards wide. Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 122 site ?, 126.

Easting:
32

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ3265

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, p 122 and 126