Hedworth Barium Works

HER Number

2548

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hedworth Barium Works

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Barium Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Hedworth Barium Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was working from after 1855. It occupied part of the site of the earlier Slake Chemical Works (HER ref. 2277).

Easting

434130

Northing

564920

Grid Reference

NZ434130564920

Sources

<< HER 2548 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE