Millfield Clay Pits

HER Number

2845

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Millfield Clay Pits

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Clay Pits, the number of which is unclear.

Easting

438260

Northing

556810

Grid Reference

NZ438260556810

Sources

<< HER 2845 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8