Moor Lane Brick Works

HER Number

2581

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Moor Lane Brick Works

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickworks

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Moor Lane Brick Works, including a probable clay pit, are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were probably built after 1855.

Easting

438160

Northing

561450

Grid Reference

NZ438160561450

Sources

<< HER 2581 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NW