West Farm, Elswick Road

HER Number

6337

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Farm, Elswick Road

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map as West Farm. Shown on second edition as Wansbeck Home Female Penitentiary. Some of the buildings still survive next to St John's Cemetery.

Easting

2241

Northing

6388

Grid Reference

NZ22416388

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map