Ayres Quay, General Aylmer's Ropery

Tyne and Wear HER(5967): Ayres Quay, General Aylmer's Ropery - Details

HER Number:
5967

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ayres Quay, General Aylmer's Ropery

Place:
Ayres Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Ropery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Thomas Robson's maps of 1827 and 1844. By Ordnance Survey first edition in 1850 the site is occupied by glass works (HER 2807).

Easting:
389

Northing:
579

Grid Reference:
NZ389579

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5967 >> T Robson, 1827, Plan of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth T Robson, 1844, Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth