Willington Quay, Willington Ropeworks

HER Number:
1179

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington Quay, Willington Ropeworks

Place:
Willington Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18-C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A Ropery is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map measuring approximately 440 yards. A factory was established here in 1789, by Chapman, who had developed a rope making machine which did not need a rope walk. The complex was rebuilt after a fire in 1873. It was owned by the Haggie Bros of Gateshead in the 19th century and was subsequently taken over by British Ropes, now trading as Bridon Ropes. The factory now manufactures heavy industrial wire ropes, including those used on the Bowes Railway inclines.

Easting:
3150

Northing:
6674

Grid Reference:
NZ31506674

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1179 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.55