Newcastle, Ropery

HER Number

4882

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle, Ropery

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

This ropery is shown on Oliver’s map of 1831, running between the Plate Glass Works (HER ref. 4881) and its 'pond'.

Easting

424510

Northing

563390

Grid Reference

NZ424510563390

Sources

<< HER 4882 >> Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 2000, Pottery Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment
Oliver, 1831