Monkwearmouth, Ropery

HER Number

2731

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, Ropery

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Ropery and Rope Walk on this site.

Easting

439670

Northing

558110

Grid Reference

NZ439670558110

Sources

<< HER 2731 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; CgMs Ltd., 2008, Sunderland Road Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment