Bishopwearmouth, smithy

HER Number

6047

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, smithy

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map, presumably to serve the adjacent stables (HER 6047). Built on site of Bishopwearmouth Iron Works (HER 2825).

Easting

438930

Northing

557030

Grid Reference

NZ438930557030

Sources

2nd edition Ordnance Survey map