Mill Dam, brickyard
Mill Dam, brickyard
HER Number
7834
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Mill Dam, brickyard
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickyard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Richardson’s plan of 1768 shows a Brickyard south of the salt pans and windmill on the south side of Mill Dam. This seems to have disappeared by the early 19th century.
Easting
436030
Northing
566620
Grid Reference
NZ436030566620
Sources
A plan of the Townships of Westoe and Harton belonging to the Honourable and Reverend The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of Durham, by Richard Richardson, 1768.
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)