Monkwearmouth, Diamond Bottle Works

HER Number:
2792

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Diamond Bottle Works

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Bottle Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
These works were constructed after 1852, after the construction of the North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch. The works were opened in 1857 by Snowdon and Watson and then taken over in 1858 by John Candlish. They closed in 1877.

Easting:
3798

Northing:
5749

Grid Reference:
NZ37985749

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2792 >> 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.23,32