Gateshead, Saltmeadows, Stoddart and Company's Ropery

HER Number:
4366

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Saltmeadows, Stoddart and Company's Ropery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Works

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
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 This technological innovation eventually superceded the earlier ropewalks and marked the beginning of the growth of ropemaking in Gateshead.

Easting:
2626

Northing:
6392

Grid Reference:
NZ26266392

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4366 >> Thomas Oliver, 1831 J. Woods 1827