Bishopwearmouth, Horne and Scott's Bottle Works

HER Number:
2836

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Horne and Scott's Bottle Works

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

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:
Horne and Scott's Bottle Works, by the west side of the Wearmouth Bridge was originally called Bishopwearmouth Glasshouse. It was opened in 1765 by John Hopton to produce Table Glass. It was subsequently run by Hilkiah Hall and in c.1809 was taken over by Laing, Horn, Scott and Company, producing bottles and plate glass. It closed in 1877 and was demolished to make way for a railway bridge.

Easting:
3962

Northing:
5735

Grid Reference:
NZ39625735

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2836 >> 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