Monkwearmouth, Ropery

Tyne and Wear HER(2719): Monkwearmouth, Ropery - Details

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HER Number:
2719

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Ropery

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Ropery, with possibly four rope walks is revealed by Historic map evidence. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map is unclear, but this may have been called Mill House Ropery.

Easting:
4014

Northing:
5810

Grid Reference:
NZ40145810

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2719 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; N. Pevsner, 1992, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 468

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