Gateshead Road Brickworks
Gateshead Road Brickworks
HER Number
8503
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Gateshead Road Brickworks
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In 1890, 55 people were employed. There were eight Newcastle kilns and an average 120,000 bricks were produced per week. Drying sheds varied in size from 40 to 50 yards long and 15 yards wide.
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 122 site ?, 126.
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 122 site ?, 126.
Easting
432000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ432000565000
Sources
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, p 122 and 126