Ballast Hills Company's Bottle Works
Ballast Hills Company's Bottle Works
HER Number
2806
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ballast Hills Company's Bottle Works
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Bottle Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The works opened circa 1800. In 1820 it was being run by T. Bonner and Company and from 1821 by Laing, Horn and Scott and Company. It closed in 1923 and was incorporated into Laing’s Shipyard.
Easting
438940
Northing
558010
Grid Reference
NZ438940558010
Sources
<< HER 2806 >> 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
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.32