Southwick, Bleach Yard

HER Number

2767

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Southwick, Bleach Yard

Place

Southwick

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Textile Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Bleachfield

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Bleach Yard on this site.

Easting

438100

Northing

558470

Grid Reference

NZ438100558470

Sources

<< HER 2767 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8