Brewer's Well

HER Number

4598

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Brewer's Well

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A medieval brewery may have been located in the vicinity of a well known as Beer Brewer's Well at Waterloo Vale in the Mill Dam area. The well is marked on Richardson's plan. It was rediscovered during the rebuilding of the Mechanics' Arms Inn, circa 1900.

Easting

436150

Northing

567140

Grid Reference

NZ436150567140

Sources

<< HER 4598 >> Richardson, 1768, Plan of South Shields and Westoe