Howdon, Ropery

HER Number

2028

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, Ropery

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Howden Ropery. Appears from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan to be an outdoor works, with a small building at its southern end. It was out of use before 1895 when the site was occupied by an Iron Foundry (HER ref. 2144) on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

433310

Northing

566370

Grid Reference

NZ433310566370

Sources

<< HER 2028 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89