Metcalf's Ropery
Metcalf's Ropery
HER Number
4568
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Metcalf's 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
Metcalf’s Ropery is shown on Fryer's map as a ropery on Mr. Stephenson's ground and later on Wood’s map is described as Metcalf's Ropery.
Easting
435630
Northing
568560
Grid Reference
NZ435630568560
Sources
<< HER 4568 >> 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
J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne