Church Street Ropery
Church Street Ropery
HER Number
4567
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Church Street Ropery
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A ropery in Church Street is shown on Fryer's 1772 map on Mr. Parson's ground, and on Wood’s map of 1827. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it is shown as a shorter establishment, allowing George Street to extend further west.
Easting
435760
Northing
568610
Grid Reference
NZ435760568610
Sources
<< HER 4567 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth
J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89; TWM, 2010, Ashleigh Special School, North Shields - Archaeological Excavation; TWM, 2009, Ashleigh Special School, North Shields - Archaeological Assessment
J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89; TWM, 2010, Ashleigh Special School, North Shields - Archaeological Excavation; TWM, 2009, Ashleigh Special School, North Shields - Archaeological Assessment