Backworth, clay pit

Backworth, clay pit

HER Number

5765

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Backworth, clay pit

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Clay pit shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.

Easting

430120

Northing

572200

Grid Reference

NZ430120572200

Sources

<< HER 5765 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850 map