Tyne and Wear HER(5258): Howdon, Salt pans - Details
5258
N Tyneside
Howdon, Salt pans
Howdon
NZ36NW
Industrial
Chemical Works
Salt Works
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
At Howdon no more than two salt pans are ever mentioned, but there may have been more. A will dated 1788 seems to imply that there was a group known as Howdon Pans. The pans were situated on low, flat land which had been reclaimed from the river.
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<< HER 5258 >> I. Ayris, 1994, The Post Medieval Salt Industry in Tyne and Wear, unpublished notes
Sir W.G. Armstrong, 1864, The Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees
P. Pilbin, 1935, A Geographical Analysis of the Sea Salt Industry of North East Englan,d Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol 51, p22-29
J. Ellis, 1980, The decline and fall of the Tyneside Salt Industry, 1600 - 1790, Economic History Review, Feb 1980, p45-58