Thomas Patterson's Tyne Pottery

Thomas Patterson's Tyne Pottery

HER Number
5279
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Thomas Patterson's Tyne Pottery
Place
Heworth
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Thomas Patterson's pottery is mentioned in directories from 1827 to 1837. The address is Tyne Pottery, Felling or Heworth Shore. In 1847 he had a pottery at Sheriff Hill (HER 3828). His firm made pink lustreware with simple cottage designs. Thomas Patterson's successor was probably George Patterson. He was at the Sheriff Hill site from 1851 to 1892.
Easting
428400
Northing
562600
Grid Reference
NZ428400562600
Sources
<< HER 5279 >> Desc Text P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9
R.C. Bell, 1986, Maling and other Tyneside Pottery
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1981, Maling - A Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell, 1971, Tyneside Pottery
R.C. Bell & M.A.V. Gill, 1973, The Potteries of Tyneside
F. Buckley, 1929, Potteries on the Tyne and Other Northern Potteries during the C188, Archaeologia Aeliana, series 4, p68-82
D.K. Gray, 1985, Introduction to Maling
S. Moore & C. Ross, 1989, Maling, The Trademark of Excellence
J.T. Shaw, 1973, The Potteries of Wearside