John Penman & Company Brewery

HER Number

4522

District

Gateshead

Site Name

John Penman & Company Brewery

Place

Dunston

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Trade directory entries around 1850 list Penman & Co. operating as brewers and spade-handle manufacturers. Entries appeared for John Penman & Co. and J&M Penman in the following years.

Easting

422000

Northing

562000

Grid Reference

NZ422000562000

Sources

Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society