Wincomblee Copperas Works

HER Number

4202

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Wincomblee Copperas Works

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Copperas Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Wincomblee Copperas Works appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

429670

Northing

564360

Grid Reference

NZ429670564360

Sources

<< HER 4202 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98