Wallsend, Smithy

HER Number

1138

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Smithy

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Smithy appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map on the western edge of Wallsend, but seems to have been deserted or destroyed yby 1894/5.

Easting

429810

Northing

566700

Grid Reference

NZ429810566700

Sources

<< HER 1138 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89