Clark's Tannery
Clark's Tannery
HER Number
4442
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Clark's Tannery
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Leather Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Tannery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Green Terrace has a long association with tanning, probably due to the fact that a burn provided this area with a reliable water supply.. A tannery is mentioned in the Halmote Court Records in 1706. It survived as Clark’s Tannery until 1860, when it was taken over by Caleb Richardson who established a steam-powered flour mill on the site.
Easting
439250
Northing
556730
Grid Reference
NZ439250556730
Sources
<< HER 4442 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 39
C.B. Walker, 1977, The East End of Sunderland, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 27, p 40
J.W.Corder, 1929, Bishopwearmouth Village in 1790, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19, p 48
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 39
C.B. Walker, 1977, The East End of Sunderland, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 27, p 40
J.W.Corder, 1929, Bishopwearmouth Village in 1790, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19, p 48