Shieldfield, ropery

Shieldfield, ropery

HER Number
5767
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Shieldfield, ropery
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A single ropewalk is shown running along the northern edge of the Shieldfield (HER 5471) on Corbridge's map of 1723 and Bourne's map of 1736. Thompson's map of 1746 shows two open-air ropewalks. No ropewalks are shown on Hutton's map of 1770.
Easting
425520
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ425520564700
Sources
<< HER 5767 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, Ridley Villas, New Bridge Street, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment
Corbridge, 1723
Bourne, 1736
Thompson, 1746