Shiney Row, Penshaw Foundry

HER Number:
3110

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Shiney Row, Penshaw Foundry

Place:
Shiney Row

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Foundry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Penshaw Foundry appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as the southern terminus of the Londonderry Railway (HER ref. 3081). It is shown with a mill dam and race. Open by 1828 - disused by 1921.

Easting:
3241

Northing:
5205

Grid Reference:
NZ32415205

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3110 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; AD Archaeology, 2015, Hunter Street, Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring - Archaeological Assessment;