Fothergill's Lampblack Manufactory
Fothergill's Lampblack Manufactory
HER Number
2224
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Fothergill's Lampblack Manufactory
Place
Hebburn
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Factory
Site Type: Specific
Blacking Factory
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the site to be occupied by a Portand Cement Works (HER ref. 2506) so the Blacking Manufactory must have closed by 1895.
Easting
430210
Northing
565140
Grid Reference
NZ430210565140
Sources
<< HER 2224 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham , 3