Hedworth, Dam

Tyne and Wear HER(2283): Hedworth, Dam - Details

HER Number:
2283

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hedworth, Dam

Place:
Hedworth

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Dam

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A dam with a pond behind it at Hedworth, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so presumably out of use by 1854.

Easting:
3378

Northing:
6290

Grid Reference:
NZ33786290

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2283 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3