Gateshead, Saltmeadows, William Davidson's Pottery

HER Number:
5652

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Saltmeadows, William Davidson's Pottery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Pottery Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Pottery Works

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1699 William Davidson of Beamish took a lease from the Corporation of Newcastle of a messuage in the Salt Meadows "with liberty to carry away clay to make pots and other earthen vessels". The location of this concern is unknown.

Easting:
26

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2663

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5652 >> Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 1699, lease, Long Box 15/13/49