Tyne and Wear HER(4881): Plate Glass Works - Details
4881
Newcastle
Plate Glass Works
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Industrial
Glassmaking Site
Plate Glass Works
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Documentary Evidence
The Plate Glass Works first appear on Wood's plan of 1827 complete with a 'pond'. It belonged to Nathaniel Clayton and appears to have continued in use until at least 1889. In 1889 the North Eastern Railway Company constructed 33 houses for their personnel at Dale Street. These were built over the former site of the Plate Glass Works which must have ceased operation by then. Wright & Co established a glassworks on this site around 1857 to make pressed ware. In 1867 the works were owned by E.T. Reed, then Heppell Garbutt & Co, reformed as W.H. Heppel & Co 1874.
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563420
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<< HER 4881 >> Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 2000, Pottery Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment
Wood, 1827
Oliver, 1831
Oliver, 1844
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1879, 25 inch scale
English Heritage, 1997, Monuments Protection Program, Site Assessment