Sunderland, Bottle Glass Factory

HER Number:
4409

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Bottle Glass Factory

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Bottle Works

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A bottle glass factory is shown on Rain’s Eye Plan on a site previously occupied by salt pans.

Easting:
3989

Northing:
5738

Grid Reference:
NZ39895738

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4409 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth J.T. Middlemiss, 1902, Sunderland Ferry, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 3, p 1