Gateshead, Old Trunk Staith, Iron Foundry

HER Number:
4403

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Old Trunk Staith, Iron Foundry

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Foundry

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Foundry

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There is a record of iron founding houses at the east end of Old Trunk Staith, location not known, leased by Cotesworth to Cookson and Button. The concern prospered and a steel furnace warehouse was added.

Easting:
2479

Northing:
6319

Grid Reference:
NZ24796319

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4403 >> F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 65 Documentary, Cotesworth Mss. CA/2/65