Bishopwearmouth, Clark's Tannery

HER Number:
4442

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Clark's Tannery

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Leather Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Tannery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Green Terrace has a long association with tanning, probably due to the fact that a burn provided this area with a reliable water supply.. A tannery is mentioned in the Halmote Court Records in 1706. It survived as Clark’s Tannery until 1860, when it was taken over by Caleb Richardson who established a steam-powered flour mill on the site.

Easting:
3925

Northing:
5673

Grid Reference:
NZ39255673

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4442 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 39 C.B. Walker, 1977, The East End of Sunderland, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 27, p 40 J.W.Corder, 1929, Bishopwearmouth Village in 1790, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19, p 48