Tyne and Wear HER(4564): North Shields, Dortwich Sands Salt Pans - Details
4564
N Tyneside
North Shields, Dortwich Sands Salt Pans
North Shields
NZ36NE
Industrial
Chemical Works
Salt Works
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
Craster states that in the mid 17th century there were salt pans at the western end of Dortwick where sands stretched out across the Tyne.
3550
6758
NZ35506758
<< HER 4564 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol. VIII, p 306