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Coniscliffe Road waterworks

England
List entry 1002300
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002300
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.86 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 25801 13885
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Coniscliffe Road waterworks is a Victorian-era water supply installation located in Durham, England, constructed during the nineteenth century to serve the expanding urban needs of the town. The site comprises infrastructure associated with water distribution and treatment, reflecting the period's investment in municipal utility provision. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents the industrial and technological development of Durham during the Victorian period, when such waterworks became essential components of urban infrastructure across England. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1002300.

Coniscliffe Road waterworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002300. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Coniscliffe Road waterworks?

Coniscliffe Road waterworks is a Victorian-era water supply installation located in Durham, England, constructed during the nineteenth century to serve the expanding urban needs of the town. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002300.

Who is responsible for protecting Coniscliffe Road waterworks?

Coniscliffe Road waterworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002300.

What other scheduled monuments are near Coniscliffe Road waterworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system (3.9 km), Roman bridge at Piercebridge (4.6 km), Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill (4.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system
3.9 km
Roman bridge at Piercebridge
4.6 km
Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill
4.9 km
Piercebridge Bridge
5 km
Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall
5.1 km
Piercebridge Roman fort
5.1 km
Medieval cross at Barton
5.8 km
Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Coniscliffe Road waterworks

Coniscliffe Road waterworks stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around Coniscliffe Road waterworks

CatterickRoman town · ~9.4 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~11.7 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~11.9 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~17.7 miles
Domesday entry for Cleasby, Yorkshire →
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