Gateshead, Smiths

HER Number

4398

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Smiths

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This site is described by Oliver in 1831 as smiths’ shops at the east end of Hillgate adjoining the Tyne.

Easting

425520

Northing

563810

Grid Reference

NZ425520563810

Sources

<< HER 4398 >> T.Oliver, 1831, A Perambulatory Survey, in A picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 137-138