This Brick Ground appears on the western edge of the Town Moor on Rain's Eye Plan. This area was subsequently built over and later brick fields are located further away from the medieval core of the town.
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Shown on the western edge of the Town Moor on Rain's Eye Plan. This area was later built over and later brick fields are located further away from the medieval core of the town.
Site Name
Sunderland, brick ground
Site Type: Specific
Brickfield
HER Number
4455
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4455 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
440340
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557060
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
The approximate location of this Dye House is shown on Rain's Eye Plan.
Site Type: Broad
Textile Industry Site
SITEDESC
approximate location from Rain's Eye Plan
Site Name
Sunderland, Dye House
Site Type: Specific
Dye House
HER Number
4454
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4454 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
439960
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557160
parish
Sunderland
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This Ropery appears on Rain's Eye Plan but not on Wood’s 1826 map.
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
On Rain's Eye Plan but not on Woods 1826 map
Site Name
Sunderland, Ropery
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
HER Number
4453
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4453 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
03
District
Sunderland
Easting
440700
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
A pottery was sited at the mouth of the river Wear on the south bank in 1753. This was probably the Sunderland or Garrison Pottery, founded circa 1750. Garrison Pottery is shown on Thomas Meik’s, "View of an improved entrance to Sunderland Harbour", a lithograph of 1849. Wood’s plan of 1826 shows a pottery works on Pottery Bank.
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
A pottery was sited at the mouth of the river Wear on the south bank in 1753. This was probably the Sunderland or Garrison Pottery which Ball says was founded c.1750. Garrison Pottery is shown on the Lithograph by Thomas Meik "View of an improved entrance to Sunderland Harbour", 1849. Woods plan of 1826 shows a pottery on Pottery Bank.
Site Name
Pottery Bank, Pottery
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Works
HER Number
4452
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4452 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
G.W. Ball, 1906, Potteries of Sunderland, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 7
J. Barker, (ed.) 1984, Sunderland Pottery, p 8
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4450
DAY1
12
DAY2
03
District
Sunderland
Easting
439660
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557070
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This Improved Ropery was erected in South Street by Grimshaw.
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
Improved ropery erected in South Street by Grimshaw.
Site Name
South Street, Grimshaw's Patent Ropery
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
HER Number
4451
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4451 >> Mackenzie & Ross, 1834, Historical....View of the County Palatinate of Durham, p 320
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
440070
EASTING2
4033
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
557880
NORTHING2
5809
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
This Ropery is shown on Wood’s 1826 map but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area.
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
On Woods 1826 map but not shown on the 1st Edition OS mapping.
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Ropery
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
HER Number
4449
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4449 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
03
District
Sunderland
Easting
440800
EASTING2
4087
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
557280
NORTHING2
5752
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This Rope Walk is shown of the Eye Plan around the south western edge of the Town Moor, but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area.
SITEASS
Ropes were made by hand in ropewalks in standard lengths of 120 fathoms (720 feet). The ropewalk had to be straight and around 1320 feet long. The simple equipment consisted of two frames, one at each end of the ropewalk. The stationary frame (jack) had hooks on it which were revolved by a handle. Yarn was attached to each hook and to the other frame (traveller) which was mounted on a trolley. The rope maker held a circular hardwood block (top) between the strands near the traveller. The top had three grooves with a strand slotted into each. He walked slowly towards the jack pushing the top along and the rope formed itself behind the top. Before the invention of synthetic fibres, ropes were made from cotton, flax, hemp, jute, coir, manila and sisal. Hemp ropes were used in colleries until about 1840 when Andrew Smith patented the iron stranded wire rope. Rope making began to be mechanised in the late C18 (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
Shown of the Eye Plan around the north western edge of the Town Moor not shown on the Ist Edition OS mapping.
Site Name
Sunderland, Rope walk
Site Type: Specific
Ropewalk
HER Number
4448
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4448 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
03
District
Sunderland
Easting
440630
EASTING2
4102
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
557050
NORTHING2
5706
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This Rope Walk is shown of the Eye Plan around the south western edge of the Town Moor, but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. Documentary evidence suggests that it may have belonged to a Mr. Burlington.
SITEASS
Ropes were made by hand in ropewalks in standard lengths of 120 fathoms (720 feet). The ropewalk had to be straight and around 1320 feet long. The simple equipment consisted of two frames, one at each end of the ropewalk. The stationary frame (jack) had hooks on it which were revolved by a handle. Yarn was attached to each hook and to the other frame (traveller) which was mounted on a trolley. The rope maker held a circular hardwood block (top) between the strands near the traveller. The top had three grooves with a strand slotted into each. He walked slowly towards the jack pushing the top along and the rope formed itself behind the top. Before the invention of synthetic fibres, ropes were made from cotton, flax, hemp, jute, coir, manila and sisal. Hemp ropes were used in colleries until about 1840 when Andrew Smith patented the iron stranded wire rope. Rope making began to be mechanised in the late C18 (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
Shown of the Eye Plan around the south western edge of the Town Moor not shown on the 1st Edition OS mapping. May have belonged to Mr. Burlington.
Site Name
Sunderland, Rope Walk
Site Type: Specific
Ropewalk
HER Number
4447
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4447 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Maritime
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
04
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
EASTING2
4066
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
557530
NORTHING2
5774
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
A programme of planned improvements to Sunderland harbour began after the River Wear Commissioners were formed and in 1718 asked James Fawcett to survey the harbour. The first construction project was a pier on the south bank of the river. It has been suggested (by Skempton) that the amount spent by the commissioners during 1719-1720 indicates the construction of a substantial quay wall running about 250 feet south-west to the Custom's House.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
A programme of planned improvements to Sunderland harbour began after the River Wear Commissioners were formed and in 1718 asked James Fawcett to survey the harbour. The first construction project was for a pier on the south bank of the river. Skempton interprets the amount spent by the commissioners during 1719-1720 as representing the building of the substantial quay wall running about 250 ft south - west to the Custom's House.
Site Name
C18 Quay Wall
Site Type: Specific
Quay
HER Number
4446
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4446 >> A.W. Skempton, 1975, The Engineers of Sunderland Harbour, Industrial Archaeoogical Review, Vol. 1 no. 2, p 105-125
YEAR1
1999
YEAR2
2002
English, British
Class
Maritime
COMP1
RLF
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
DAY2
04
District
Sunderland
Easting
440000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Sunderland
Description
The first grant to build a pier at Sunderland was in 1669 when Charles II allowed Edward Andrew the right to charge tonnage on vessels entering the harbour, to build a pier and lighthouses, to control the casting of ballast and to keep the harbour clear of shoals and sand-banks. The site of this pier has not been located.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
The first grant to build a pier was in 1669 when Charles II allowed Edward Andrew the right to charge tonnage on vessels entering the harbour, to build a pier and lighthouses, to control the casting of ballast and to keep the harbour clear of shoals and sand-banks. The site of this pier has not been located.
Site Name
Sunderland, site of C17 Pier
Site Type: Specific
Pier
HER Number
4445
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 4445 >> G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 14