Easington Lane, Brick Ponds

HER Number

2996

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Easington Lane, Brick Ponds

Place

Easington Lane

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickearth Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These Brick Ponds are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

436910

Northing

546540

Grid Reference

NZ436910546540

Sources

<< HER 2996 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21