Jarrow, Gas Works

HER Number

2563

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Gas Works

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Gas works which are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were probably built after 1855.

Easting

435300

Northing

564700

Grid Reference

NZ435300564700

Sources

<< HER 2563 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE