Byker, Coke Ovens

HER Number:
4191

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Coke Ovens

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Fuel Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coke Oven

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A battery of Coke Ovens appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2808

Northing:
6333

Grid Reference:
NZ28086333

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4191 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98