Reay's Block Making Yard

HER Number

4407

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Reay's Block Making Yard

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Wood Processing Site

Site Type: Specific

Block Mill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Reay's Block Yard is shown on Rain's Eye Plan on the riverside next to "raff" and ship building yards. Block making was an industry associated with shipbuilding.

Easting

440290

Northing

557360

Grid Reference

NZ440290557360

Sources

<< HER 4407 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth