South Shields, Smithy

HER Number

2471

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Smithy

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This smithy is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855.

Easting

435620

Northing

565260

Grid Reference

NZ435620565260

Sources

<< HER 2471 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW