Bishopwearmouth, Gas Works

HER Number

2829

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, Gas Works

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Shown on Meik and Morgan's plan of Sunderland 1851. Not labelled as gas works by 1897 Second Edition plan.

Easting

439150

Northing

556930

Grid Reference

NZ439150556930

Sources

<< HER 2829 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Site adjacent to the former Hind Street Gas Works, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; Meik & Morgan, 1851, Plan of Sunderland (SL)