Gateshead, Iron Foundry

HER Number

4404

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Iron Foundry

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Iron Foundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Documentary sources show that Cookson and Button had an iron founding premise at Pipewellgate in 1760.

Easting

425160

Northing

563560

Grid Reference

NZ425160563560

Sources

<< HER 4404 >> F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 65