Sunderland, Dye House

HER Number

4443

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Dye House

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Textile Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Dye House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Two dye houses are shown on Rain's Eye Plan, but must have been demolished by 1826 when Wood surveyed the town.

Easting

440220

Northing

556890

Grid Reference

NZ440220556890

Sources

<< HER 4443 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth