Axwell Park Colliery Brickworks
Axwell Park Colliery Brickworks
HER Number
8540
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Axwell Park Colliery Brickworks
Place
Swalwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The brickworks at Axwell Park Colliery had about eight Newcastle kilns. Most of the bricks made here by Priestmans Collieries were common bricks and were marked APC.
1901-1957
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 133, site 21, 138
1901-1957
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 133, site 21, 138
Easting
420010
Northing
561950
Grid Reference
NZ420010561950
Sources
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, p 133, site 21, p 138