Sunderland, Sail Cloth Manufactory

Sunderland, Sail Cloth Manufactory

HER Number
4406
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Sail Cloth Manufactory
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Textile Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Sail Loft
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A sail cloth factory is shown between Queen's Street and Green Street on Rain's Eye Plan of Sunderland.
Easting
439540
Northing
557160
Grid Reference
NZ439540557160
Sources
<< HER 4406 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth