Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works
Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works
HER Number
2807
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works
Place
Ayres Quay
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Bottle Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works was opened in 1696 by the Company of Glass Owners of Sunderland to produce bottles and, until circa 1819, broad window glass. It closed in 1880.
Easting
438930
Northing
557910
Grid Reference
NZ438930557910
Sources
<< HER 2807 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.32
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.32