South Shields, tilery

HER Number

2593

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, tilery

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Tile Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A tilery and brickyard are shown on a 1768 map of South Shields, but their precise location is unclear from this evidence.

Easting

435760

Northing

566190

Grid Reference

NZ435760566190

Sources

<< HER 2593 >> County Conservation Team, 1989, Simonside, South Shields, Copy of Richardson, 1768, Plan of.South Shields. p.5; Entec UK Ltd, 2009, Trinity South Regeneration - Archaeological Assessment