Monkwearmouth, saw mills

HER Number

17280

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, saw mills

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Wood Processing Site

Site Type: Specific

Saw Mill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Constructed next to (and on?) the site of Monkwearmouth ropery. First shown on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1897. Demolished between 1855-1962.

Easting

439700

Northing

558160

Grid Reference

NZ439700558160

Sources

CgMs Ltd., 2008, Sunderland Road Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment