Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works

HER Number:
2807

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works

Place:
Ayres Quay

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:
Ayres Quay Company Bottle Works was opened in 1696 by the Company of Glass Owners of Sunderland to produce bottles and, until circa 1819, broad window glass. It closed in 1880.

Easting:
3893

Northing:
5791

Grid Reference:
NZ38935791

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2807 >> 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