Friar's Goose, Great Heap

Friar's Goose, Great Heap

HER Number
5591
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Friar's Goose, Great Heap
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Waste Disposal Site
Site Type: Specific
Waste Disposal Site
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. After the chemical works went out of use in 1932 the 2 million ton spoil heap was utilised for agricultural purposes. The recovered land became East Gateshead Riverside Park in 1966.
Easting
427210
Northing
563050
Grid Reference
NZ427210563050
Sources
<< HER 5591 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1890