Birtley Iron Works

HER Number:
3919

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley Iron Works

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE NZ25SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Works

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Birtley Iron Works. The works were founded in the 1820s. They supplied material for the High Level Bridge. During the Second World War the Birtley Iron Company made armoured car bodies, field gun suspension and Bailey Bridges.

Easting:
427080

Northing:
555150

Grid Reference:
NZ427080555150

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3919 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; George Nairn and Dorothy Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley, pp 98-99; The Industrial Resources of the District of the Three Northern Rivers, The Tyne, Wear and Tees including the reports on the local manufacturers read before The British Association in 1863 (edited by Sir W.G. Armstrong, I. Lowthian Bell, John Taylor and Dr Richardson, 1864).