Spital Tongues, Ropery

HER Number:
4089

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Spital Tongues, Ropery

Place:
Spital Tongues

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Spital Tongues Ropery is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2369

Northing:
6558

Grid Reference:
NZ23696558

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4089 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11