Southwick, Crown Glass Works

HER Number:
2772

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Crown Glass Works

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Glass Works

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Wearmouth Crown Glass Works or Southwick Crown Glassworks was opened in 1805, and from c.1823 was run by Atwoods. Until c.1860 it produced Crown glass, thereafter, blown sheet. The Wear Crown Glass Company took over c.1869 and eventually the site was absorbed into Pickersgill's Shipyard.

Easting:
3794

Northing:
5797

Grid Reference:
NZ37945797

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2772 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.32