Ford A Pottery, tunnel
Ford A Pottery, tunnel
HER Number
7057
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Ford A Pottery, tunnel
Place
Ouseburn
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Manufacturing Site
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A tunnel was built under Ford Street to link the Maling Ford A Pottery, which had been built by 1859, to the packinghouse on the opposite side of the road. The packinghouse has gone, but the tunnel remains in-situ. The entrance is inside the Ince Building/former DS Motors on Ford Street. The tunnel is mostly stone, with some brickwork at the far end. Brick blast walls at the entrance indicate that the tunnel was used as an air raid shelter during World War Two. A metal heater/water boiler was found inside. There are fixings for shelving and old electric flighting fittings. Similar in form to the Victoria Tunnel.
Easting
426430
Northing
564350
Grid Reference
NZ426430564350
Sources
<< HER 4968 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 44
R.C. Bell, 1986, Maling and other Tyneside Pottery
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1981, Maling - A Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell, 1971, Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell & M.A.V. Gill, 1973, The Potteries of Tyneside
F. Buckley, 1929, Potteries on the Tyne and Other Northern Potteries during the C188, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, p68-82
D.K. Gray, 1985, Introduction to Maling
S. Moore & C. Ross, 1989, Maling, The Trademark of Excellence
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Quay Timber Site, Hume Street, Newcastle Archaeological Assessment, p 13
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Heaney Site, Hume Street, Ouseburn Archaeological Assessment, p 13; C.G. Peters, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, R. and J. Ince Ltd, Ford Street, Ouseburn - Archaeological Assessment
R.C. Bell, 1986, Maling and other Tyneside Pottery
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1981, Maling - A Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell, 1971, Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell & M.A.V. Gill, 1973, The Potteries of Tyneside
F. Buckley, 1929, Potteries on the Tyne and Other Northern Potteries during the C188, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, p68-82
D.K. Gray, 1985, Introduction to Maling
S. Moore & C. Ross, 1989, Maling, The Trademark of Excellence
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Quay Timber Site, Hume Street, Newcastle Archaeological Assessment, p 13
Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, Heaney Site, Hume Street, Ouseburn Archaeological Assessment, p 13; C.G. Peters, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, R. and J. Ince Ltd, Ford Street, Ouseburn - Archaeological Assessment