Gateshead, rope walk

HER Number

16705

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, rope walk

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropewalk

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Rope walk shown on the first edition ordnance survey plan, 1858. Gone by 1898.

Easting

425570

Northing

563210

Grid Reference

NZ425570563210

Sources

CgMs Consulting, 2010, Tesco Store and Trinity Square, Ellison St, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment; Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1858