Paradise Colour Works

HER Number

4085

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Paradise Colour Works

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Dye Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Paradise Colour Works is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but a Cement Works is shown occupying the site on the 2nd edition plan. Labelled as Colour Manufacturer on Plan of Andrew Bowes Estate, 1811.

Easting

421390

Northing

563460

Grid Reference

NZ421390563460

Sources

<< HER 4085 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (NRO Seymour Bell Collection)