The brewery was put up for sale in 1749 following the bankruptcy of George Parker.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
The brewery was put up for sale in 1749 following the bankruptcy of George Parker.
Site Name
Dunston Bank Brewery
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
HER Number
4499
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Courant, 19th August 1749
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
17
DAY2
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
421890
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
08
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562170
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Dunston
Description
The Federation began brewing in Hanover Square, Newcastle in 1921 but moved to Dunston because there was no room for expansion at Newcastle. A new £20 million brewery opened in 1980. In 2005 when the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery closed, Newcastle Brown Ale started being produced at the Federation. However, in 2009 the brewing of Brown Ale moved to Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
The Federation began brewing in Hanover Square, Newcastle in 1921 but moved to Dunston because there was no room for expansion at Newcastle. A new £20 million brewery opened in 1980. In 2005 when the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery closed, Newcastle Brown Ale started being produced at the Federation. However, in 2009 the brewing of Brown Ale moved to Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
Site Name
The Federation Brewery
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
HER Number
4498
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; T. Elkins, 1970, So They Brewed their Own Beer; B. Bennison, 1997, A Happy Band of Brewers? The Federation and the Clubs Brewery Movement in North-East History, Vol. 31, pp 75-91; Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p44
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
418000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Blaydon
Description
In 1818 Thomas Taylor was the owner of the pub and brewery.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
In 1818 Thomas Taylor was the owner of the pub and brewery.
Site Name
The Laurel Leaf Public House & Brewery, Bridge End
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
HER Number
4497
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Courant, 6th June 1818
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
572400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Backworth
Description
A small brewery and public house in Northumberland Place, Backworth Colliery, were offered for sale in 1838.
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
A small brewery and public house in Northumberland Place, Backworth Colliery, were offered for sale in 1838.
Site Name
Northumberland Place, brewery
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
HER Number
4495
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Journal 9th June 1838
YEAR1
2009
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435830
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568200
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Edwardian 1902 to 1910
Place
North Shields
Description
The fourth wooden dolly was carved by May Spence of North Shields at the bequest of her father Alderman John Foster Spence. This dolly took the form of a fishwife with a creel on her back. She was unveiled on Coronation Day 26th June 1902. The fourth dolly lasted until 1957 when she became so damaged she had to be replaced. Her missing right elbow was presented to a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Two ladies from North Shields found the dolly in a breaker's yard in Whitby.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
The fourth wooden dolly was carved by May Spence of North Shields at the bequest of her father Alderman John Foster Spence. This dolly took the form of a fishwife with a creel on her back. She was unveiled on Coronation Day 26th June 1902. The fourth dolly lasted until 1957 when she became so damaged she had to be replaced. Her missing right elbow was presented to a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Two ladies from North Shields found the dolly in a breaker's yard in Whitby.
Site Name
Customs House Quay, wooden dolly 4
Site Type: Specific
Statue
HER Number
4494
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
Keith Armstrong (ed.), 1994, The Wooden Dolly - the story of the North Shields Wooden Dolly
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
DAY1
28
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
Mr Walker's Windmill is shown on Wood's map of 1827.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Mr Walker's Windmill on Wood's 1827 map.
Site Name
Windmill
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
HER Number
4493
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4493 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth
YEAR1
1999
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2335
DAY1
28
DAY2
07
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435960
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
06
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
It is recorded that a Mr Barker allowed the Primitive Methodists to use his sail-loft at the Low Dock as a meeting house in 1827.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Mr Barker allowed the Primitive Methodists to use his sail-loft as the Low Dock in 1827 as a meeting house.
Site Name
Low Dock, Primitive Methodist Meeting House
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
4492
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4492 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields,
A.C. Flag, 1979, The History of Shipbuilding in South Shields, 1746-1946, p 33
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
28
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436110
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
06
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
A church at the junction of Frederick Street and Laygate was built in 1849, in stone in the Early English style, to the design of John Dobson. It cost £2,000 and seated 600; last used in the early 20th century, it was demolished in 1977.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A church at the junction of Frederick Street and Laygate was built in 1849, in stone in the Early English style, to the design of John Dobson. It cost £2,000 and seated 600; last used in the early 20th century, it was demolished in 1977.
Site Name
Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
4491
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 4491 >> N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 416; Peter Ryder, 2017. the nonconformist chapels of South Shields; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship?ipage=3
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
28
DAY2
07
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435860
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
06
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566390
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
Built between 1832-4 by Salvin and demolished in 1980. West tower with stair-turret; the planned spire not built. Five-bay arcades on circular piers. Chancel and double-gabled transepts by R.J. Johnson of Austin, Johnson & Hicks, 1878-9. Demolished 1977.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built between 1832-4 by Salvin and demolished in 1980. West tower with stair-turret; the planned spire not built. Five-bay arcades on circular piers. Chancel and double-gabled transepts by R.J. Johnson of Austin, Johnson & Hicks, 1878-9. Demolished 1977.
Site Name
Laygate, Holy Trinity Church
Site Type: Specific
Church
HER Number
4490
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4490 >> N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 416
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2343
DAY1
28
DAY2
07
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435730
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
06
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566670
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
South Shields
Description
The medieval salt pans (HER ref. 946) were located at "West Pans" near to St Hilda's chapel and it is likely that this area continued to be the focus of the industry in the post-medieval period, with the number of pans increasing. However, other areas of South Shields may also have been involved. Indeed, there is a record in 1618 of damages against a salt manufacturer for the destruction of grass on the great pasture of Westoe. Further evidence for the scale of the industry is provided by the fact that Icelandic and Greenland fishing fleets came to load up with salt at Shields. In 1539 there were 9 salt pans but by 1663 the accounts of the chapel wardens included an assessment of 121 salt pans. In 1635 Sir William Brereton describes South Shields as having "more salt works and more salt pans made than in any part of England". By 1693 there were 143 pans, seven near Mill Dam. In 1725 Lord Harley visited South Shields and described it as "the chief place for making salt. The houses there are poor little hovels and are in a perpetual thick nasty smoke. It has in all 200 salt pans, each employs three men… and each consumes 14 cauldrons of coal in 7 days". The estimate of 200 pans is confirmed by Thomas Kitchen's Map of County Durham, c.1750, which incorporates an embellishment showing a slat pan and the inscription "South Shields, the station of the sea coal fleets, is a very large village eminent for its salt works, here being upward of 200 pans for boiling the sea water into salt. Tis said that 100,000 cauldrons of coal are yearly consumed in these works". The decline of salt making was rapild, however: in 1820 Surtees recorded only 5 salt pans remaining at South Shields.
Site Type: Broad
Salt Production Site
SITEDESC
The medieval salt pans (SMR 946) were located at "West Pans" near to St Hilda's chapel and it is likely that this area continued to be the focus of the industry in the post medieval period, with the number of pans increasing. However, other areas of South Shields may also have been involved. There is a record in 1618 of damages against a salt manufacturer for the destruction of grass on the great pasture of Westoe (PSAN, VIII, p 182). Further evidence of the scale of the industry is provided by the fact that Icelandic and Greenland fishing fleets came to load up with salt at Shields. In 1539 there were 9 salt pans but by 1663 the accounts of the chapel wardens included an assessment of 121 salt pans. In 1635 Sir William Brereton describes South Shields as having "more salt works and more salt pans made than in any part of England". By 1693 there were 143 pans, seven near Mill Dam. In 1725 Lord Harley visited South Shields and described it as "the chief place for making salt. The houses there are poor little hovels and are in a perpetual thick nasty smoke. It has in all 200 salt pans, each employs three men… and each consumes 14 cauldrons of coal in 7 days" (Harley 1725 "Journeys in England"). The estimate of c.200 pans is confirmed by Thomas Kitchen's Map of County Durham, c.1750 which incorporates an embellishment showing a slat pan and the inscription "South Shields, the station of the sea coal fleets, is a very large village eminent for its salt works, here being upward of 200 pans for boiling the sea water into salt. Tis said that 100,000 cauldrons of coal are yearly consumed in these works". However, by 1820 the salt trade had almost disappeared Surtees recorded only 5 salt pans remaining at South Shields.
Site Name
South Shields, Salt Pans
Site Type: Specific
Salt Works
HER Number
4489
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4489 >> A.C. Flag, 1979, The History of Shipbuilding in South Shields, 1746-1946, p 75