Blaydon Burn, Burn Bank Road
Blaydon Burn, Burn Bank Road
HER Number
8414
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, Burn Bank Road
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Described in the Tithe Award of 1838 as a public carriage road of highway extending from the junction with the road to Barlow and running "over commons, moors and tracts of waste lands called the Burn banks to the bridge crossing Blaydon Burn at or near Forster's Firebrick Manufactory". The bridge across the Burn was built c.1834, with contributions from the adjoining townships (NRO ZCO IX/4).
Easting
416660
Northing
562240
Grid Reference
NZ416660562240
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures