Tyne and Wear HER(4366): Gateshead, Saltmeadows, Stoddart and Company's Ropery - Details
4366
Gateshead
Gateshead, Saltmeadows, Stoddart and Company's Ropery
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Industrial
Rope Manufacturing Works
Ropery
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
A ropery is clearly shown on Oliver's 1830 map. It later becomes the site of a soap factory. This was established by Stoddart and Co in 1795 and was soon owned solely by a former partner Anthony Hood. In 1799 Hood introduced a rope-making machine, which had been patented by William Chapman in 1798. This technological innovation eventually superceded the earlier ropewalks and marked the beginning of the growth of ropemaking in Gateshead.
2626
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NZ26266392
<< HER 4366 >> Thomas Oliver, 1831
J. Woods 1827