Monkton, Filter Beds

HER Number

2552

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkton, Filter Beds

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Disposal Site

Site Type: Specific

Filter Bed

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This group of four filter beds is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was operational from after 1855. The filter beds may have been associated with the nearby Springwell Paper Works (HER ref. 2550).

Easting

432830

Northing

564050

Grid Reference

NZ432830564050

Sources

<< HER 2552 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE