Raff Yard/Chain and Anchor Works
Raff Yard/Chain and Anchor Works
HER Number
5486
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Raff Yard/Chain and Anchor Works
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Wood Processing Site
Site Type: Specific
Timber Yard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Raff Yard (timber yard) of Crighton and Tyzack is shown on Wood's plan of 1826 and Rook's plan of 1827. Crighton and Tyzack opened a chain and anchor works to the south of this around 1834, absorbing a former galssworks (HER 5490). The raff yard was later taken over by a forge and foundry (HER 2054 - 1st edition Ordnance Survey map) and then by North Shields Glazed Brick Works and Flint Mills (2nd edition Ordnance Survey map).
Easting
436280
Northing
568730
Grid Reference
NZ436280568730
Sources
<< HER 5486 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Fish Park, North Shields, Archaeological Assessment
J. Rook, 1827, Plan of North Shields and Tynemouth
J. Wood, 1826, A Plan of the towns of North Shields and Tynemouth
J. Rook, 1827, Plan of North Shields and Tynemouth
J. Wood, 1826, A Plan of the towns of North Shields and Tynemouth