Highfield Well

HER Number

7755

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Highfield Well

Place

Killingworth

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Highfield Well appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed c.1855, linked by a trackway to the dwellings on the north side of Killingworth Coliery, lining the south side of the main street. The well, but not the trackway also appear on modern maps of the area.

Easting

428786

Northing

570639

Grid Reference

NZ428786570639

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, surveyed c.1855.