Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland Glass Company's Bottle Works

HER Number:
2863

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland Glass Company'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:
This may have been what was also known as Bishopwearmouth Panns Glasshouse. It was opened in c.1696 by the Company of Glasshouse Owners of Sunderland and passed through a number of owners until taken over by the Fenwicks c.1795. As well as bottles it produced Broad window glass, from c.1810 to 1877 and Crown window glass, from 1827-1846. The works closed in 1883 and became part of Austin's Shipyard.

Easting:
3974

Northing:
5735

Grid Reference:
NZ39745735

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2863 >> 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