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3210


Sunderland


Hetton-le-Hole, Bleach Green


Hetton-le-Hole


NZ34NE


Industrial


Textile Finishing Site


Bleachfield


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


Once the place for a laundry or facility where lined was bleached. According to historian C.A.Smith, thre was an outlet for making linen garments at Bleach Green. He suggests women planted and gathered lyne to weave and bleach at Bleach Green. A Mrs Willis from Houghton reportedly told Smith she had a linen shirt made at Bleach Green.


3527


4726


NZ35274726



<< HER 3210 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p384

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