Whitley Bay, Practice Range

HER Number

1043

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, Practice Range

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Training Site

Site Type: Specific

Firing Range

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

900 yard Practice Range, adjacent to Hartley South Farm, shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of c.1860.

Easting

434870

Northing

574440

Grid Reference

NZ434870574440

Sources

<< HER 1043 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 81