Havelock Place
Havelock Place
HER Number
8105
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Havelock Place
Place
Backworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Workers Village
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Havelock Place was also known locally as "C Pit Row". Built to accommodate workers at the Backworth Colliery C Pit. Construction was well under way by the first edition Ordnance Survey of c.1855 and by the 3rd edition of 1920, the settlement formed a triangle with a central open space. Demolished c.1938.
Easting
429800
Northing
573030
Grid Reference
NZ429800573030
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition, 1897; Ordnance Survey 6 inch 1866; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 FS 3014 04-OCT-1947;
Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ2973 06-MAY-2016; Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project
Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ2973 06-MAY-2016; Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project