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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Lats/Lons:

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