Ouseburn, Tyne Drysaltery

HER Number:
5576

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Ouseburn, Tyne Drysaltery

Place:
Ouseburn

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Product Site

Site Type: Specific:
Soap Factory

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Tyne Drysaltery and Packing Company (soap manufacturers) are listed at this address in Ward's Directory of 1892. The original building has gone. The present structure, occupied by Lowes Hall Stationers was built in 1926. It has a re-used eighteenth century datestone in its southern gable.

Easting:
2621

Northing:
6450

Grid Reference:
NZ26216450

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5576 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer