Wallsend, Reservoir

HER Number

1181

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Reservoir

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A reservoir, possibly related to either the North Eastern Railway Tynemouth Branch (HER ref. 1186) which ran beside it or Wallsend Colliery, Church Pit (HER ref. 1182) which was on the other side of the line.

Easting

430970

Northing

566500

Grid Reference

NZ430970566500

Sources

<< HER 1181 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89