Stepney Tannery, Stepney Bank

HER Number

5455

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Stepney Tannery, Stepney Bank

Place

Ouseburn

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Leather Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Tannery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A building recording which included several buildings on Coquet Street was carried out by Alan Williams in 2009. Some buildings contained remnants of the tannery and leather works. The buildings which stood in 2009 all post dated the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with many 20th century in date.

Easting

426020

Northing

564530

Grid Reference

NZ426020564530

Sources

<< HER 5455 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850, Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Coquet Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Building Recording; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Coquet Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment