Sunderland, Rope Walk

HER Number

4447

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Rope Walk

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropewalk

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Rope Walk is shown of the Eye Plan around the south western edge of the Town Moor, but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. Documentary evidence suggests that it may have belonged to a Mr. Burlington.

Easting

440630

Northing

557050

Grid Reference

NZ440630557050

Sources

<< HER 4447 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth