Tyne and Wear HER(5572): Ouseburn Iron Works - Details
5572
Newcastle
Ouseburn Iron Works
Ouseburn
NZ26SE
Industrial
Metal Industry Site
Iron Works
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Documentary Evidence
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. J. Spencer & Sons are listed as having a forge department on Foundry Lane in Ward's Directory of 1892. A locomotive was built here at the first Ouseburn foundry, Crowther's Ironworks, for the Lambton Wagonway in 1815.
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<< HER 5572 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer