East Rainton, John Smales' Brewery

HER Number:
4538

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, John Smales' Brewery

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brewing and Malting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brewery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1766 a John Legge was the executor of Smales, a maltster and brewer who had leased a mansion house at East Rainton from the Dean and Chapter. It had 'all suitable conveniences for a malting and brewing'.

Easting:
33

Northing:
47

Grid Reference:
NZ3347

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Courant 29th March 1766