Tyne and Wear HER(2342): South Shields, Bottle Works - Details
2342
S Tyneside
South Shields, Bottle Works
South Shields
NZ36NE
Industrial
Glassmaking Site
Bottle Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan (1855), the site appears to have included at least three free standing structures which may have been kilns. These were out of use by 1895 as the site was then occuppied by the Stone Quay Boiler Works (HER ref. 2457).
3579
6674
NZ35796674
<< HER 2342 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
E.L., Thornborrow, 1961, Rise and fall of the Glass Industry in South Shields, South Shields Archaeological and History Society, Vol. II, no. 4 p 7-28