John Smales' Brewery

HER Number

4538

District

Sunderland

Site Name

John Smales' Brewery

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1766 a John Legge was the executor of Smales, a maltster and brewer who had leased a mansion house at East Rainton from the Dean and Chapter. It had 'all suitable conveniences for a malting and brewing'.

Easting

433000

Northing

547000

Grid Reference

NZ433000547000

Sources

Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Courant 29th March 1766