Wallsend, Smithy

HER Number

1140

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Smithy

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Smithy to the south west of Wallsend appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but not on the 2nd edition (1894/5 survey).

Easting

429890

Northing

566390

Grid Reference

NZ429890566390

Sources

<< HER 1140 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89