North Shields, Mathew Walters Ropery

HER Number:
4566

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Mathew Walters Ropery

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This ropery is shown on a 1757 map of North Shields lying behind Low Street. It is called Mathew Walter's ropery on Fryer's 1772 map and may also be marked in a shortened form on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area.

Easting:
3562

Northing:
6810

Grid Reference:
NZ35626810

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4566 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89 1757, Map of North Shields J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne