North Shields, Metcalf's Ropery

HER Number:
4568

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Metcalf's 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:
Metcalf’s Ropery is shown on Fryer's map as a ropery on Mr. Stephenson's ground and later on Wood’s map is described as Metcalf's Ropery.

Easting:
3563

Northing:
6856

Grid Reference:
NZ35636856

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4568 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth J. Fryer, 1772, A Plan of the Low Part of the River Tyne