Winlaton, Crowley's Ironworks

HER Number:
5987

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Winlaton, Crowley's Ironworks

Place:
Winlaton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Smelting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Works

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1691 Sir Ambrose Crowley acquired by lease a disused cornmill and four acres of land in Winlaton village. Not to be confused with his later works at Winlaton Mill (HER 1006), started in 1697.

Easting:
176

Northing:
619

Grid Reference:
NZ176619

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5987 >> Gateshead Council, 1992, Winlaton Ironworks, Restoration Scheme, Supporting Information; M.W. Flinn, 1962, Men of Iron - The Crowleys in the Early Iron Industry