Walker, Coke Ovens

HER Number

4262

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Coke Ovens

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific

Coke Oven

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows Batteries of Coke Ovens (perhaps around 20) on the site, along with a system of wagonways connecting the ovens with the river frontage.

Easting

2973

Northing

6393

Grid Reference

NZ29736393

Sources

<< HER 4262 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98